Stephanos, metropolitan of Nikomedeia (type 2)
Obverse
Theotokos (bust, holding child in L arm) sigla, with invocation at circ.
Reverse
Text 5 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Στεφάνῳ μητροπολίτῃ Νικομηδεία~
Mother of God. | Theotokos aid your servant / Stephanos, metropolitan of Nikomedeia
Diameter: 25
Date: 11th c.
Seals
- DO 55.1. 4834 Dumbarton Oaks
- Lichacev collection 0
Published
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 379
- Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie no. 13
- Nesbitt - Oikonomides III no. 83. 9