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Romanos III Argyros (1028-34)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length representation of Christ 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: (ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription. Border of dots.

ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛ

Ἐμμανουήλ.

Reverse

Half-length representation of Romanos III wearing a crown with a cross and pendilia and a loros. He holds a globus cruciger in the right hand and a long cross in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.

RΩM.OSAOCRA

Rωm[a]nos autocrat(or).

Obverse

Half-length representation of Christ 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: (ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription. Border of dots.

ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛ

Ἐμμανουήλ.

Reverse

Half-length representation of Romanos III wearing a crown with a cross and pendilia and a loros. He holds a globus cruciger in the right hand and a long cross in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.

RΩM.OSAOCRA

Rωm[a]nos autocrat(or).

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4314 (formerly DO 55.1.4314)
Diameter 32.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 6, no. 70.1; Zacos-Veglery no. 77c

Translation

Rωmanos autocrator.

Romanos, autocrator.

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)