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Constantine chartoularios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). No border visible.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription. Wreath border.

ΚΝ.
.ΑΝΤ.Ν/
.ΑΡΤ/Τ/Ε
Γ/ΠΕΛ/

Κωνσταντίν χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). No border visible.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription. Wreath border.

ΚΝ.
.ΑΝΤ.Ν/
.ΑΡΤ/Τ/Ε
Γ/ΠΕΛ/

Κωνσταντίν χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3692
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 40.2.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους.

Mother of God, help Constantine chartoularios of Aigaion Pelagos.

Commentary

Note the presence of a Ρ with serif at the top (third line of the reverse). For another eighth-century chartoularios of the Aigaion Pelagos, see Laurent, Orghidan no. 214; see also BZ 33 (1933) 34.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)