Byzantine seal of Agapetos metropolitan of Antiocheia in Pissideia
(ca 11th cent.)
Obv.: + K(YΡI)ER(ΟΗ)[Θ(ΕΙ)]/ΤΩCΩΔ(ΟΥΛΩ)/[Α]ΓΑΠΗ/ΤΩ = Κύριε, βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀγαπητῷ (Lord, help your servant Agapetos), all within dotted border.

Rev.: + ΜΙ(Τ)Ρ[Ο]/ΠΟΛΙΤΗ/ΑΝΤ(Ι)ΟΧ/ΕΙΑC = Μητροπολίτῃ Ἀντιοχείας (Metropolitan of Antiocheia).

It's to note here that the see of the owner of the present seal Metropolitan Agapetos is not Antiocheia on Orontes or Great Antiocheia, which was a patriarchal see, but Antiocheia, the capital of Pissideia district in Asia Minor.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 8.80 gr
Diameter: 24 mm