Basileios ostiarios and chanter of the Great Church of God (Hagia Sophia)
Obverse
Theotokos (bust) greeting in upper field, vertical inscription in centre
Reverse
Text 6 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Βασιλείῳ ὀστιαρίῳ καὶ ψάλτῃ τῆς Θεοῦ Μεγάλης ᾿Εκκλησίας
Mother of God. / Basileios ostiarios and psaltes of the Great Church of God
Diameter: 14
Date: 11th-12th c.
Seals
- Fogg 2111 Dumbarton Oaks
- DO 47.2. 775 Dumbarton Oaks
- Vienna MK 80
- IFEB 285
Published
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 140
- McGeer - Nesbitt - Oikonomides V no. 42. 44
- Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 147, no. 6