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Constantine patrikios, hypatos, judge and katepano of Mesopotamia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

The Virgin seated on an elaborate throne, a suppedion beneath her feet. Sigla on either side: : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

εR
σδ
̅Ν̅π.ι̅υ
..τ,κ..τη
.κα.επ,
μεσοπο
τα.ια,

[Θ(εοτό)κ]ε β[οήθει τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) [Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)[ρ]ι(κίῳ), ὑ[πά]τ(ῳ), κ[ρι]τῇ [(καὶ)] κα[τ]επ(άνω) Μεσοποτα[μ]ία(ς)

Obverse

The Virgin seated on an elaborate throne, a suppedion beneath her feet. Sigla on either side: : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

εR
σδ
̅Ν̅π.ι̅υ
..τ,κ..τη
.κα.επ,
μεσοπο
τα.ια,

[Θ(εοτό)κ]ε β[οήθει τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) [Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)[ρ]ι(κίῳ), ὑ[πά]τ(ῳ), κ[ρι]τῇ [(καὶ)] κα[τ]επ(άνω) Μεσοποτα[μ]ία(ς)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1756
Diameter 30.0 mm; field: 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 55.7.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ, ὑπάτῳ, κριτῇ καὶ κατεπάνω Μεσοποταμίας.

Mother of God, help your servant Constantine, patrikios, judge, and katepano of Mesopotamia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
  • Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
  • Überlegungen zur Vorgeschichte des Thema Mesopotamien (Open in Zotero)
  • Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Molivdovuli na Damjan Dobromirduk na Trakija i Mesopotamija (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)