Alexios Komnenos Angelos, sebastokrator (1185-1195)
Obverse
St. George mounted on a horse. On either side, the inscription: |γεργιοσ : ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Linear border.
Obverse
St. George mounted on a horse. On either side, the inscription: |γεργιοσ : ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Linear border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines (featuring many ligatures), a cross above. Linear border.
αλεΞιου
σραγισμα
κολα
σeaokρa
τορντοσαγ
γελνυμ
Ἀλεξίου σφράγισμα Κομνηνῶν κλάδου σεβαστοκρατοροῦντος Ἀγγελωνύμου
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3806 |
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Diameter | 35.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Zacos-Veglery, no. 2745. Cf. Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 124, and Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 81 (who edit the better preserved parallel specimen noted below). |
Translation
Ἀλεξίου σφράγισμα Κομνηνῶν κλάδου σεβαστοκρατοροῦντος Ἀγγελωνύμου.
Seal of the sebastokrator Alexios, a descendant of the Komnenoi who goes by the name of Angelos.
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to the parallel specimen.