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Basil archbishop of Apameia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Circular inscription within a border of dots.

+ιεραρχαχυRασιλειε

Ἱεράρχα Χ(ριστο)ῦ Βασίλειε

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

+μ.μν
ησοRασιλει
ωαρχιεπισ
κοπωαπ
.μειασ

μ[έ]μνησο Βασιλείῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἀπ[α]μείας

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Circular inscription within a border of dots.

+ιεραρχαχυRασιλειε

Ἱεράρχα Χ(ριστο)ῦ Βασίλειε

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

+μ.μν
ησοRασιλει
ωαρχιεπισ
κοπωαπ
.μειασ

μ[έ]μνησο Βασιλείῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἀπ[α]μείας

Accession number BZS.1955.1.5057
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 43.1a.

Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1810.

Translation

Ἱεράρχα Χριστοῦ Βασίλειε μέμνησο Βασιλείῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἀπαμείας.

Basil, high priest of Christ, give heed to Basil, archbishop of Apameia.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1955.1.5058 are very similar and undoubtedly belonged to one person, yet they are not identical and should be edited separately.

Apameia (close to modern Moudania) is located northwest of Broussa. It was a bishopric before 381, archbishopric before the mid-seventh century, metropolis between 1066 and 1071, and mentioned for the last time in 1318 (Darrouzès, Notitiae, 123, 126; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 616). It must be distinguished from the bishopric of Apameia of Pisidia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)