Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025)
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. 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: Ἐμμαν[ο]υήλ. Border of dots.
ΕΜΜΑΝ.ΥΗΛ
Reverse
Two figures: at left, a half-length representation of Basil II bearded, wearing a crown surmounted by a cross with pendilia and dressed in a loros; and at right, a representation of Constantine VIII. He is shown half-length wearing a crown with a cross and pendilia and a chlamys pinned together with a fibula on the right shoulder. The emperors hold between them a long patriarchal cross. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
A....COSAIR
Ba[sil(ios) c(e)] Constanti(nos) b(asilis) R(omaion).
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. 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: Ἐμμαν[ο]υήλ. Border of dots.
ΕΜΜΑΝ.ΥΗΛ
Reverse
Two figures: at left, a half-length representation of Basil II bearded, wearing a crown surmounted by a cross with pendilia and dressed in a loros; and at right, a representation of Constantine VIII. He is shown half-length wearing a crown with a cross and pendilia and a chlamys pinned together with a fibula on the right shoulder. The emperors hold between them a long patriarchal cross. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
A....COSAIR
Ba[sil(ios) c(e)] Constanti(nos) b(asilis) R(omaion).
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4307 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 69.1; Zacos-Veglery no. 76a |
Translation
Basilios ce Constantinos basilis Romaion.
Basil and Constantine, emperors of the Romans.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, Vol. 1, Kaiserhof (Open in Zotero)
- Das byzantinische Bleisiegel als Kunstwerk: Katalog zur Ausstellung (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)