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George skeuophylax of Demetrias (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Inscription: |Γ|ΕΓΙ|ΟΣ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ.
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΟΣΚΕ,ΟΦ
ΥΛΚΙΔ
ΙΜΙΤΡΙ
Ο

Κύριε βοήθει Γεωργίο σκευοφύλακι Διμιτριάδος

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Inscription: |Γ|ΕΓΙ|ΟΣ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ.
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΟΣΚΕ,ΟΦ
ΥΛΚΙΔ
ΙΜΙΤΡΙ
Ο

Κύριε βοήθει Γεωργίο σκευοφύλακι Διμιτριάδος

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3344
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 12.3.
Laurent, Corpus V/3, no 1761.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Γεωργίο σκευοφύλακι Διμιτριάδος.

Lord, help George, skeuophylax of Demetrias.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)