Anonymus, metropolitan of Ephesos (type 1)

Obverse

St Ioannes Theologos (bust) vertical inscriptions

Reverse

Text 5 lines

῾Ο ἅγιος ᾿Ιωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. / ῾Αγνὲ σκέποις με τὸν πρόεδρον ᾿Εφέσου

St Ioannes Theologos. / Pure saint, may you protect me, the metropolitan (proedros) of Ephesos (metrical)

Diameter: 27

Date: 11th - 12th c.

Seals

  • Berlin MK 137
  • Paris BN 0
  • Athens (Konstantopoulos) 136
  • DO 58.106. 41 Dumbarton Oaks

Published

  • Nesbitt - Oikonomides III no. 14. 9
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 261
  • Konstantopoulos, Nom. Mous. no. 136
  • Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 258
  • Cotsonis, Cult Centres p. 11- 12
  • Laurent, Bulles métriques no. 2
  • Cheynet, Selcuk p. 339