Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055)
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ Emmanuel, bearded, wearing a chiton and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and in the left a book with a cover ornamented in center with one pellet. 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.
ΕΜΜΑΝ.ΥΗΛ
Ἐμμαν[ο]υήλ
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ Emmanuel, bearded, wearing a chiton and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and in the left a book with a cover ornamented in center with one pellet. 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.
ΕΜΜΑΝ.ΥΗΛ
Ἐμμαν[ο]υήλ
Reverse
Half-length representation of Constantine IX bearded, wearing a crown with a cross and pendilia and a loros and holding a long cross scepter in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
CΩSAIAOCRA,
Cωnstanti(nos) autocrat(or)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1667 |
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Diameter | 35.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 73.8. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Cωnstantinos autocrator.
Constantine, 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)