Nikephoros, patriarch of Antioch and the whole Orient

Obverse

Theotokos Machairotheisa (C), St Petros (L), St Paulos (R) (Theotokos standing, holding medallion in front of her; saints, half-figure) sigla, with vertical inscriptions for saints

Reverse

Text 8 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. [...]. [...] / Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ πατριάρχῃ Θεουπόλεως Μεγάλης ᾿Αντιοχείας καὶ πάσης ᾿Ανατολῆς

Mother of God. | St Petros. | St Paulos / Lord aid Nikephoros patriarch of Theoupolis, Antioch the Great and of the whole Orient

Diameter: 25

Date: 11th c. (1079-1091?)

Seals

  • Seyrig 162
  • Cyprus (private collection) 0
  • Zacos collection 0
  • Hermitage M- 8240

Published

  • Oikonomides, Dated Seals no. 99
  • Laurent, Corpus V.2 no. 1525
  • Cheynet - Morrisson - Seibt, Seyrig no. 235
  • Zacos II no. 57 bis
  • Metcalf, Cyprus no. 486
  • Šandrovskaja, Deesis-Kompositionen p. 160
  • Lichačev, Molivdovuly p. 79, no. 2