Nikephoros, metropolitan of Madyta (type 2)
Obverse
Theotokos (C) St Nikephoros (L), St Euthymios (R) (standing, the Theotokos holding medallion in front of her) sigla for Theotokos, vertical inscriptions for saints
Reverse
Text 6 lines
῾Ο ἅγιος Νικηφόρος. | Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | ῾Ο ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ μητροπολίτῃ Μαδύτων
St Nikephoros. | Mother of God. | St Euthymios. / Theotokos aid Nikephoros, metropolitan of Madyta
Diameter: 24
Date: 11th c.
Seals
- DO 58.106. 2 Dumbarton Oaks
- Istanbul 78
Published
- Nesbitt - Oikonomides I no. 55. 2
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 727
- Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 115- 116