Romanos, metropolitan of Kyzikos and synkellos
Obverse
Theotokos (seated, holding Christ on her lap) sigla, with text at circ.
Reverse
Text 7 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου ὁ εἱς σὲ ἐλπίζων οὐ καταισχύνεται. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ῾Ρωμανῷ μητροπολίτῃ Κυζίκου καὶ συγκέλλῳ
Mother of God. | O Lord my God, he who puts his hopes in you will not be put to shame (Joel 2.27). / Theotokos aid your servant Romanos, metropolitan of Kyzikos and synkellos
Diameter: 32
Date: 11th c. (second half)
Seals
- Fogg 707 Dumbarton Oaks
- Zacos collection 0
- Hermitage M- 0
Published
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 353
- Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 163
- Zacos II no. 879
- Nesbitt - Oikonomides III no. 53. 8