Theodoros IV (Balsamon), patriarch of Antioch and the whole Orient

Obverse

Theotokos (half-figure, holding child in L arm) sigla and vertical inscriptions

Reverse

Text 7 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ | ἡ ῾Οδηγήτρια. | ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός. / Θεόδωρος, ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ πατριάρχης Θεουπόλεως Μεγάλης ᾿Αντιοχείας καὶ πάσης ᾿Ανατολῆς

Mother of God | the Hodegetria. | Jesus Christ. / Theodoros, by the grace of God patriarch of Theoupolis Antioch the Great and the whole Orient

Diameter: 35

Date: 12th c. (end)

Seals

  • Mordtmann collection 0
  • Schlumberger collection 0
  • Hermitage M- 8239

Published

  • Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 313- 314
  • Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 124
  • Laurent, Corpus V.2 no. 1527
  • Lichačev, Molivdovuly p. 80, no. 3