Michael I (Keroularios), patriarch (archbishop) of Constantinople (type 1)

Obverse

Theotokos (standing, holding child in L arm) sigla, with invocation at circ.

Reverse

Text 6 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Μιχαὴλ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας ῾Ρώμης

Mother of God. | Theotokos, aid your servant / Michael archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome

Diameter: 42

Date: 1043-1054

Seals

  • DO 47.2. 1 Dumbarton Oaks
  • Zacos collection 0
  • Sale Catalogue: Spink 127: 17

Published

  • Zacos II no. 15a
  • Zacos II no. 15b
  • Zacos II no. 15c
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 15
  • Oikonomides, Dated Seals no. 88
  • Cheynet, Par St Georges p. 126
  • Laurent, Le titre p. 373