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Alexios Komnenos, sebastos and megas domestikos (1078-1081)

 
 

Obverse

St. Demetrios standing, holding a spear and balancing his shield against the ground. Sigla remaining on right side: δ|η|μη|τρι|οσ : Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


σεστον
ηηομεσ
τικονλε
οννυντονκ
νονει
νυ

Σεβαστὸν ἤδη καὶ δομέστικον μέγαν Ἀλέξιον νῦν τὸν Κομνηνὸν δεικνύω

Obverse

St. Demetrios standing, holding a spear and balancing his shield against the ground. Sigla remaining on right side: δ|η|μη|τρι|οσ : Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


σεστον
ηηομεσ
τικονλε
οννυντονκ
νονει
νυ

Σεβαστὸν ἤδη καὶ δομέστικον μέγαν Ἀλέξιον νῦν τὸν Κομνηνὸν δεικνύω

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3329
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1908.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Σεβαστὸν ἤδη καὶ δομέστικον μέγαν Ἀλέξιον νῦν τὸν Κομνηνὸν δεικνύω.

I present Alexios Komnenos, already a sebastos and now a megas domestikos.

Commentary

Metrical.

The seal will have been struck during the reign of Nikephoros III Botaneiates when Alexios Komnenos was promoted to sebastos and grand domestic. See the paralllels linked below.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)