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