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