Ioannes VIII (Xiphilinos), patriarch of Constantinople
Obverse
Theotokos (seated, holding Christ (standing?) on her lap) sigla, with invocation at circ.
Reverse
Text 6 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / ᾿Ιωάννῃ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας ῾Ρώμης καὶ οἰκουμενικῷ πατριάρχῃ
Mother of God. | Theotokos aid your servant / Ioannes archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and ecumenical patriarch
Diameter: 27
Date: 1064-1075
Seals
- Zacos collection 0
- Sale Catalogue: Spink 127: 20
- Fogg 253 Dumbarton Oaks
- Istanbul 220
- DO 47.2. 0
- Hermitage M- 0
- DO 55.1. 4951 Dumbarton Oaks
- DO 58.106. 308 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- Zacos II no. 17a
- Zacos II no. 17b
- Seibt - Zarnitz no. 5.1. 2
- Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 35
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 18
- Laurent, Corpus V.2 p. 454, no. 18
- Laurent, Corpus V.3 p. 299, no. 18