Theopemptos, metropolitan of Russia (type 1)

Obverse

St Ioannes Prodromos (bust) vertical inscriptions

Reverse

Text 4 lines

῾Ο ἅγιος ᾿Ιωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. / Κύριε βοήθει Θεοπέμπτῳ μητροπολίτῃ ῾Ρωσίας

St Ioannes Prodromos. / Lord aid Theopemptos, metropolitan of Russia

Diameter: 22

Date: 11th c. (1037-ca.1043)

Seals

Published

  • Nesbitt - Oikonomides I no. 85. 4
  • Bulgakova no. 3.2.3. 1
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 782
  • Janin, Aktovye no. 41
  • Janin - Gajdukov no. 41- 43