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Stephanos patrikios and praitor of Constantinople (tenth/eleventh centuries)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans. At left and right: ΜΡ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines; cross above. Border of dots.


ΘΚΕΘ,
ΣΤΕΦΑΝ
ΠΡ̅Ι̅⸣SΠΡΑΙ
ΤΡΙΚ̅Ν
ΠΟΛ...

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Στεφάνῳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) (καὶ) πραίτωρι Κων(σταντινου)πόλ[εως]

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans. At left and right: ΜΡ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines; cross above. Border of dots.


ΘΚΕΘ,
ΣΤΕΦΑΝ
ΠΡ̅Ι̅⸣SΠΡΑΙ
ΤΡΙΚ̅Ν
ΠΟΛ...

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Στεφάνῳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) (καὶ) πραίτωρι Κων(σταντινου)πόλ[εως]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1880
Diameter 33.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 28.2.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Στεφάνῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ πραίτωρι Κωνσταντινουπόλεως.

Mother of God, help Stephanos patrikios and praitor of Constantinople.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)