Constantine Kantakouzenos (twelfth century)
Obverse
A military saint standing, holding spear and shield. Details indistinct. No sigla visible. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
A military saint standing, holding spear and shield. Details indistinct. No sigla visible. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in six lines. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
.ΜΑΡΤ̣ΥΣΤΝ̣
ΓΡΑΦ̣̣ΝΚ̅Ν
Κ̣ΑΤΑΚΟΥΝ̣
.ΚΓΕ̣ΝΣΚΑΤ
Η̣ΓΜΕ̣Ν̣̣
σφραγὶς [ὁ] μάρτυς τῶν γραφῶ[ν] Κων(σταντίνου) Κατακουζηνῶν [ἐ]κ γένους κατηγμένου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.820 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2694. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
σφραγὶς ὁ μάρτυς τῶν γραφῶν Κωνσταντίνου Κατακουζηνῶν ἐκ γένους κατηγμένου.
The martyr seals the correspondence of Constantine, descended from the family of the Kantakouzenoi.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic.