Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034)
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of five pellets. Sigla at left and right: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)]ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
...AΝΟΥΗΛ
[Ἐμμ]ανουήλ
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration consisting of five pellets. Sigla at left and right: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)]ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
...AΝΟΥΗΛ
[Ἐμμ]ανουήλ
Reverse
Half-length representation of Romanos III wearing a crown and a loros and holding a globus cruciger in the right hand and a cross decorated with a pellet at each end in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
RΩM.......OCR..
Rωm[anos aut]ocr[at(or)]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1663 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 70.4. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Rωmanos autocrator.
Romanos, autocrator.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda (Open in Zotero)