Manuel I Komnenos (1143–1180)
Obverse
Half-length representation of a beardless Christ wearing a tunic and himation. Details indistinct. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration. Inscription visible in column at right: [ὁ Ἐμμα]νουήλ. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Half-length representation of a beardless Christ wearing a tunic and himation. Details indistinct. He has a nimbus cruciger; each arm contains a decoration. Inscription visible in column at right: [ὁ Ἐμμα]νουήλ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Virtually flat, but one can still see at left the remains of a circular inscription. Indeterminate border.
.....λδεσποτ,. . .
[Μανουὴ]λ δεσπότ(ης) [ὁ πορφυρογέννητος]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1696 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 93.6. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Μανουὴλ δεσπότης ὁ πορφυρογέννητος.
The emperor Manuel, born in the purple.
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)