Nikolaos Skleros, protoproedros megas skeuophylax of Blachernai and protos tes presbeias

Obverse

Theotokos Hodegetria (one-third figure) figure, sigla and vertical inscriptions reversed, normal text at circ.

Reverse

St Nikolaos (C), St Theodoros (L) and St Georgios (R) standing, vertical inscriptions, with text at circ.

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ | ἡ ῾Οδηγήτρια. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικολάῳ πρωτοπροέδρῳ μεγάλῳ σκευοφύλακι / τῶν Βλαχερνῶν καὶ πρώτῳ τῆς πρεσβείας τῷ Σκληρῷ. | Θεόδωρος | ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος | ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος

Mother of God | the Hodegetria. | Theotokos aid Nikolaos Skleros, protoproedros megas skeuophylax / of Blachernai and protos tes presbeias. | Theodoros | St Nikolaos | St Georgios

Diameter: 31

Date: ca. 1075-1080

Seals

  • Vienna MK 82

Published

  • Seibt, BBÖ I no. 81
  • Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 409, no. 2
  • Laurent, Corpus V.2 no. 1202
  • Seibt, Skleroi p. 95, n. 339