Antonios 23 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| PmbZ No. | 563 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Sardis (Lydia) (officeplace); Sardis (Lydia) |
| Occupation | Bishop; Monk |
| Titles | Metropolitan, Sardis (Lydia) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Antonios 23 was a monk and metropolitan bishop of Sardis; owner of a seal dateable to the mid ninth century: DOSeals III 32.4 = Zacos and Veglery 1327 (early ninth century), cf. Laurent, Corpus V, Addenda, p. 455, no. 365bis (dating the seal after 912). Obv.: Virgin Hodeghetria, holding Child, with cruciform monograms of Θεοτόκε on left and βοήθει on right. Rev.: + Αντω - νιω μοναχ' - και μητροπολ' - Σαρδις. The name and titles read: Ἀντωνίῳ μοναχῷ καὶ μητροπολίτῃ Σάρδης. On the date of this seal and identity of Antonios 23, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals III, pp. 47-48, note.
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