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Michael VII Doukas (1071–1078)

 
 

Obverse

Christ seated on a square-backed throne. The upper part of the throne is decorated at left and right with seven pellets. He is shown blessing with the right hand and holding a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm is decorated with one pellet. Sigla at left and right: ΙΣ̅ΧΣ̅ : (ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.

Reverse

Michael VII standing on a round dais and wearing a crown surmounted by a cross and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. A partially preserved inscription running along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ.ΛΑΥΤ,ΚΡ. . .

Μιχα[]λ αὐτ(ο)κρ(ά)[τ(ωρ) Ῥωμ(αίων) Δούκ(ας)]

Obverse

Christ seated on a square-backed throne. The upper part of the throne is decorated at left and right with seven pellets. He is shown blessing with the right hand and holding a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm is decorated with one pellet. Sigla at left and right: ΙΣ̅ΧΣ̅ : (ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Border of dots.

Reverse

Michael VII standing on a round dais and wearing a crown surmounted by a cross and a loros, an end of which is draped over the left wrist. He holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. A partially preserved inscription running along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ.ΛΑΥΤ,ΚΡ. . .

Μιχα[]λ αὐτ(ο)κρ(ά)[τ(ωρ) Ῥωμ(αίων) Δούκ(ας)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1675
Diameter 32.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 6, no. 84.5.

Translation

Μιχαλ αὐτοκράτωρ Ῥωμαίων Δούκας.

Michael Doukas, autokrator of the Romans.

Commentary

The inscription along the circumference of the reverse can be restored with reference to the other seals issued by this emperor.

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)