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Stephanos archbishop of Lemnos (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cross potent on three steps; fleurons rising on either side up to the transversal bar. Along a border of dots, a circular inscription.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΣΤΕΦ
ΑΝΟΣΕΛΕ
ΘΥ̅ΑΡΧ,ΕΠΙ
ΣΚΟΠ,ΛΗ
ΜΝΟΥ

Στέφανος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λήμνου

Obverse

Cross potent on three steps; fleurons rising on either side up to the transversal bar. Along a border of dots, a circular inscription.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΣΤΕΦ
ΑΝΟΣΕΛΕ
ΘΥ̅ΑΡΧ,ΕΠΙ
ΣΚΟΠ,ΛΗ
ΜΝΟΥ

Στέφανος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λήμνου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5481
Diameter 27.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 50.3.
Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1820.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Στέφανος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λήμνου.

Lord, help your servant. Stephen, by the mercy of God, archbishop of Lemnos.

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