Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055)
Obverse
Faint outline of a half-length representation of Christ wearing a tunic and himation. He has a nimbus cruciger. No readable epigraphy. Border of dots.
Obverse
Faint outline of a half-length representation of Christ wearing a tunic and himation. He has a nimbus cruciger. No readable epigraphy. Border of dots.
Reverse
Faint outline of half-length representation of Constantine IX wearing a crown with a cross and a loros. He is shown holding a long cross scepter in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Portion of circular inscription at left. Border of dots.
.....A. . .
[Cωns]tan[tinos]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1712 |
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Diameter | 36.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 73.10. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Cωnstantinos.
Constantine.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda (Open in Zotero)