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Nicholas, man of (the metropolitan of) Nikomedeia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left. Inscription: |νι|κολ.|ο|σ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ[α]ος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

κε̅θ̅
νικολα,
ττνι
..μιδει
.σ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικολά(ῳ) τῷ τοῦ Νι[κο]μιδεί[α]ς

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left. Inscription: |νι|κολ.|ο|σ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ[α]ος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

κε̅θ̅
νικολα,
ττνι
..μιδει
.σ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικολά(ῳ) τῷ τοῦ Νι[κο]μιδεί[α]ς

Accession number BZS.1958.106.27
Diameter 19.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 106.1.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Νικολάῳ τῷ τοῦ Νικομιδείας.

Lord, help Nicholas, man of (the metropolitan of) Nikomedeia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)