Constantine X Doukas (1059-67)
Obverse
Christ seated on a lyre-backed throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger. Sigla visible at left: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)]ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Faint traces of a circular inscription. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Two figures: at left, the emperor Constantine X standing, wearing a loros and holding the right hand before his chest and a globus cruciger in the left; and at right, the Mother of God standing, wearing a chiton and maphorion, the right hand uplifted and touching the emperor’s crown in blessing. No epigraphy visible. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Christ seated on a lyre-backed throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a nimbus cruciger. Sigla visible at left: [Ἰ(ησοῦ)]ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Faint traces of a circular inscription. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Two figures: at left, the emperor Constantine X standing, wearing a loros and holding the right hand before his chest and a globus cruciger in the left; and at right, the Mother of God standing, wearing a chiton and maphorion, the right hand uplifted and touching the emperor’s crown in blessing. No epigraphy visible. Indeterminate border.
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4327 (formerly DO 55.1.4327) |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 78.3. |
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)