Georgios II (Xiphilinos), patriarch of Constantinople

Obverse

Theotokos (seated, holding Christ on her lap) sigla

Reverse

Text 7 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Γεώργιος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ρώμης καὶ οἰκουμενικὸς πατριάρχης

Mother of God. / Georgios, by the grace of God, archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and ecumenical patriarch

Diameter: 40

Date: 10 September 1191 - 7 July 1198

Seals

  • Athens (Konstantopoulos) 22
  • IFEB 173
  • Hermitage M- 0
  • Vienna MK 76
  • Fogg 975 Dumbarton Oaks

Published

  • Zacos II no. 32
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 29
  • Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 124
  • Konstantopoulos, Nom. Mous. no. 22
  • Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 98
  • Laurent, Corpus V.2 p. 454, no. 29