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

Published

  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 140
  • McGeer - Nesbitt - Oikonomides V no. 42. 44
  • Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 147, no. 6