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Andronikos (metropolitan) of Seleukeia (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: [τῷ σῷ] δούλ[ῳ]. No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No border visible.

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Ἀνδρόνικος Σελευκίας

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: [τῷ σῷ] δούλ[ῳ]. No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No border visible.

...
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.ΟΣΣΛ
ΚΙΣ

Ἀνδρόνικος Σελευκίας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.30
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 6.25.
Laurent, Corpus 5.2, no. 1545.

Translation

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. 'Ανδρόνικος Σελευκίας.

Lord (or Theotokos), help your servant. Andronikos (metropolitan) of Seleukeia.

Commentary

This entry follows Laurent in assigning this seal and BZS.1958.106.114 to the metropolitanate of Seleukeia of Isauria (also called Seleukeia of Pamphylia in the Notitiae); but Seleukeia of Sidera cannot be ruled out. Neither seal specifies the office of the owner or distinguishes Seleukeia of Isauria (unlike BZS.1947.2.187), nor do they depict St. Thekla, as does the seal of the metropolitan Nikephoros, published by Cheynet (“Sceaux byzantins,” no. 68), who comments on the unmistakable affiliation.

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)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins des Musées d’Antioche et de Tarse (Open in Zotero)