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Constantine Komnenos (twelfth century, first half)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΘΥ̅: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

  
ΚΝΑ.
ΤΙΝΟΝΤΟΝ
ΚΟΟΝ
ΠΑΡΘΕΝ.
.ΚΕΠΟΙ.

Κωνστα[ν]τῖνον τὸν Κομνηνόν, παρθέν[ε, σ]κέποι[ς]

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΘΥ̅: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

  
ΚΝΑ.
ΤΙΝΟΝΤΟΝ
ΚΟΟΝ
ΠΑΡΘΕΝ.
.ΚΕΠΟΙ.

Κωνστα[ν]τῖνον τὸν Κομνηνόν, παρθέν[ε, σ]κέποι[ς]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4522
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1203.

Translation

Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν Κομνηνόν, παρθένε, σκέποις.

Mother of God, may you protect Constantine Komnenos.

Commentary

Jordanov identifies several groups of seals with the name Constantine Komnenos (Jordanov, Corpus II, no. 344), including the seals in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection listed below. While none is a parallel to the present specimen, most might be related to it. On the other hand, BZS.1958.106.1324, which differs significantly in epigraphy and is dated to the thirteenth/fourteenth century, is less likely to be related.

See PBW : Konstantinos 131.

Bibliography

  • Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)