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Constantine Komnenos (thirteenth/fourteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Indeterminate border.

ΣΦΡΑ
.ΙΣΜΓ
.ΑΦΩΝ

Σφράγισμα γραφῶν

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΟΜΝΗΝ
ΚΩΝ.
ΝΤΙΝ

Κομνηνοῦ Κωνσταντίνου

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Indeterminate border.

ΣΦΡΑ
.ΙΣΜΓ
.ΑΦΩΝ

Σφράγισμα γραφῶν

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΟΜΝΗΝ
ΚΩΝ.
ΝΤΙΝ

Κομνηνοῦ Κωνσταντίνου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1324
Diameter 31.0 mm

Translation

Σφράγισμα γραφῶν Κομνηνοῦ Κωνσταντίνου.

The seal of Constantine Komnenos's documents.

Commentary

Dodecasyllabic. Jordanov identifies several groups of seals with the name Constantine Komnenos (Jordanov, Corpus II, no. 344), including the seals listed below. The present specimen, however, differs significantly from them in epigraphy and, given its dating to a later period, is likely unrelated.

A peculiar form of letter "N" is used in the spelling of the name Constantine.

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