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Adrianos Komnenos, protosebastos and grand domestikos of all the West (after 1087)

 
 

Obverse

St. George standing, holding a spear, his left hand on a shield resting on the ground. Inscription in two columns: ο|α|γι|ο|σγ|ε|ρ|γι|οσ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Circle of pellets within two borders of dots.

 

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of pellets within concentric circles of dots.

ΚΕ̅,Θ,
τσδλ
αδριανΑσε
αστSδομε
στικπασησ
δυσεστ
κο

Κ(ύριε) β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀδριανῷ (πρωτο)σεβαστῷ (καὶ) μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) δομεστίκῳ πάσης Δύσεως τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Obverse

St. George standing, holding a spear, his left hand on a shield resting on the ground. Inscription in two columns: ο|α|γι|ο|σγ|ε|ρ|γι|οσ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Circle of pellets within two borders of dots.

 

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of pellets within concentric circles of dots.

ΚΕ̅,Θ,
τσδλ
αδριανΑσε
αστSδομε
στικπασησ
δυσεστ
κο

Κ(ύριε) β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀδριανῷ (πρωτο)σεβαστῷ (καὶ) μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) δομεστίκῳ πάσης Δύσεως τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.747
Diameter 33.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1 no. 1.13c.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀδριανῷ πρωτοσεβαστῷ καὶ μεγάλῳ δομεστίκῳ πάσης Δύσεως τῷ Κομνηνῷ.

Lord, help your servant Adrianos Komnenos protosebastos and grand domestikos of all the West.

Commentary

See the commentary to BZS 1947.2.1083. For other seals and sources tracing the career of Adrian Komnenos, see PBW : Adrianos 102.

Bibliography

  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)