Niketas II (Mountanes), patriarch of Constantinople

Obverse

Theotokos (seated, holding Christ on her lap) sigla

Reverse

Text 7 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Νικήτας ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ρώμης καὶ οἰκουμενικὸς πατριάρχης

Mother of God. / Niketas, by the grace of God, archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and ecumenical patriarch

Diameter: 37

Date: 12th c. (February 1186 - February 1189)

Seals

  • Zacos collection 0
  • Hermitage M- 8283

Published

  • Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 125
  • Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 97
  • Zacos II no. 29
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 26