Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina (1259–82)
Obverse
The Mother of God seated on a thokos, holding the child on her lap. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Linear border.
Obverse
The Mother of God seated on a thokos, holding the child on her lap. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Linear border.
Reverse
The empress standing, wearing a high crown and a loros. She holds in the right hand a jeweled scepter. Inscription in two columns. Linear border.
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Θεοδώρα εὐσεβε[στ]άτη αὐγού[στ]α Δούκαινα ἡ Παλαιολογήνα.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.641 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 105.3; Zacos–Veglery, no. 122c. For a similar seal, see Likhacev, Molivdovuly, pl. LXXIX, no. 5. |
Translation
Θεοδώρα εὐσεβεστάτη αὐγούστα Δούκαινα ἡ Παλαιολογήνα.
Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina, most pious augusta.
Commentary
Theodora, who was the daughter of John Doukas and the wife of Michael VIII, outlived her husband by many years. She died in 1303.