Constantine Drosinos, kouboukleisios (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of a saint (perhaps the saint-martyr Eustratios?), with features unclear. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of a saint (perhaps the saint-martyr Eustratios?), with features unclear. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ,Θ
.ΩΝΚ.
.ΛΗΣΗΟ
ΤΟΔΡΟ
ΣΗ.
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) κουβ[ουκ]λησήο τὸ Δροσή[νῳ]
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1134 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 191; see W. Seibt's review in Byzantinoslavica 35 (1974). See also PBW: Konstantinos 20224. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ κουβουκλησήο το Δροσήνῳ.
Lord, help Constantine Drosinos, kouboukleisios.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
In his unpublished catalogue of the Shaw collection, Laurent identifies the obverse saint as Christ, with a nimbus cruciger, which does not seem to be the case; in the parallel seal (that he does not identify as a parallel, reading it as Constantine Drosos, corrected by Seibt to Drosinos in his review), Laurent identifies the saint as holding a martyr's cross, and sees the remains of epigraphy indicating that it is St. Eustratios.