Alexios Komnenos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of Christ, holding right hand in blessing, book in his left hand. No clear traces of epigraphy or border visible.
Obverse
Bust of Christ, holding right hand in blessing, book in his left hand. No clear traces of epigraphy or border visible.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.
Ο̣ΜΝΗΝ
Ε̣ΙΟ̣Ν̣ΕΝ
ΑΧΑΙΣΣΚ̣
ΠΟΙΣ
Κομνηνὸν Ἀλέξιον ἐν μαχαῖς σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3677 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1118. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κομνηνὸν Ἀλέξιον ἐν μαχαῖς σκέποις.
May you protect Alexios Komnenos in battle.
Bibliography
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. Wassiliou-Seibt dates this seal to the second half of the twelfth century. Cf. Szemioth-Wasilewski, no. 83.