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Offline Arminius

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Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« on: October 25, 2009, 05:40:48 am »
Please correct me if my attribution is wrong or incomplete:



Byzantine lead seal, a Nikos or Nikolaos ?, ca. 900-1100 AD.,
lead seal (17-18 mm / 4,91 g), holed,
Obv.: Θ / ΓE / ... , bust of St. George, nimbate, facing.
Rev.: KЄ BO/ ΘO Δω S / NIKOV , - K(yri)e Bo(hthei) / To Doulo Su / Nikou - Lord help / your servant / Nikos.
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Re: Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 05:45:06 am »
As far as I can see  8)
 :Greek_Kappa: :Greek_epsilon:  :Greek_Beta: :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Eta:
 :Greek_Theta: :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Delta: :Greek_Omega: :Greek_Rho:
 :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Pi: :Greek_Iota::Greek_Kappa: :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Pi_3:

So it rather reffers to a Theodore who was bishop of ......

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Re: Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 08:56:06 am »
Thanks!

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Re: Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 02:50:36 pm »
The obverse seems to depict a bald and bearded saint. This excludes George. From the silhouet you would think Nicholas.
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Re: Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 03:14:25 pm »
I was thinking the same thing ;)
The  :Greek_Gamma: we see on obverse signifies  not   :Greek_Gamma: :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Omega: :Greek_Rho: :Greek_Gamma: :Greek_Iota: :Greek_Omicron: :GreeK_Sigma:  (George)
but  :Greek_Alpha: :Greek_Gamma: :Greek_Iota: :Greek_Omicron: :GreeK_Sigma:  (Saint)
and indeed the face looks like Nickolas
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Re: Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2009, 04:15:56 pm »
Maybe this one?


Theodoros Haplorabdes, episkeptites of Anthia (?)   ("Theodoros 20199")
Boulloterion 2033

Obverse
    St Nikolaos (bust) vertical inscriptions

Reverse
    Text 5 lines

῾Ο ἅγιος Νικόλαος. / Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ ἐπισκεπτίτῃ ᾿Ανθίας τῷ ῾Απλοράβδῃ
St Nikolaos. / Lord aid Theodoros Haplorabdes, episkeptites of Anthia (?)

Diameter:
    22mm
Date:
    11th c. (1st half) (1025)
Seals:
    BnF Zacos 640
Publishing History:
    Cheynet, Episkeptitai  p. 104



 (from http://www.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw/apps/ )

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Re: Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2009, 06:08:05 pm »
Hi Arminius,
That is quite impossible - your seal has a different legend, and it reads episkopos, which is quite a different title than episkeptites. It is also very unprobable it is the same Theodore - there were hundreds of different Theodores and it is also very unlikely the same person would hold a clerical office and a worldly office.
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