Basileos, bishop of Hexakomia

PB Seal of Basileos, bishop of Hexakomia (early 10th c. - 1204 (1060)).
Obv: Half-length of the Mother of God holding the Child in her left arm. Sigla on either side: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Rev: Inscription of five lines: Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Βασ(ι)λεί(ῳ) ἐπισκ(ό)π(ῳ) ῾Εξακομ(ίας). Border of dots.
Translation: Mother of God / Theotokos aid Basileios, bishop of Hexakomia.
One of the Armenian themes, the region of Hexakomia lay between Lykandos to the west and Melitene to the east. It seems that at some point in the eleventh century it also became the seat of a bishop: Basil of Hexakomia, no doubt an orthodox prelate, is known to us from his seal : Zacos, Seals II, no. 375, cf. N. Oikonomides, in REB 44 (1986) 263-267.
Condition: Very Fine.
Weight: 6.03 g.
Diameter: 22.70 mm.

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