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Romanos IV, Eudokia, Michael VII, Konstantios, and Andronikos (1068–1071)

 
 

Obverse

Three figures: in center, Christ wearing a tunic and himation. Christ has a nimbus cruciger. With uplifted arms he places a cross-topped crown on the bearded head of emperor Romanos at the left and a crown with three triangular projections on the head of Eudokia at the right. Romanos wears a loros and holds the right hand before his chest. Sigla: ΙΣ..: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Circular inscription visible at l. Border of dots.

ΡΩΜΑΝ.......

Ῥωμανὸς καὶ Εὐδοκία

Reverse

Three figures: in center, Michael VII (taller) standing, wearing a crown surmounted by a cross and a loros and holding a labarum in the right hand and an akakia in the left. He is flanked by the shorter, beardless figures of Konstantios at the left and Andronikos at the right. Each wears a crown with a cross and a loros. Konstantios holds a globus surmounted by a trefoil ornament in the right hand and an akakia in the left. Andronikos holds an akakia in the right hand and a globus surmounted by a trefoil ornament in the left. To the r. of Michael's head appears an inscription. Border of dots.

...ΜΧ...

Κωνστάντιος. Μιχαήλ. Ἀνδρόνικος.

Obverse

Three figures: in center, Christ wearing a tunic and himation. Christ has a nimbus cruciger. With uplifted arms he places a cross-topped crown on the bearded head of emperor Romanos at the left and a crown with three triangular projections on the head of Eudokia at the right. Romanos wears a loros and holds the right hand before his chest. Sigla: ΙΣ..: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Circular inscription visible at l. Border of dots.

ΡΩΜΑΝ.......

Ῥωμανὸς καὶ Εὐδοκία

Reverse

Three figures: in center, Michael VII (taller) standing, wearing a crown surmounted by a cross and a loros and holding a labarum in the right hand and an akakia in the left. He is flanked by the shorter, beardless figures of Konstantios at the left and Andronikos at the right. Each wears a crown with a cross and a loros. Konstantios holds a globus surmounted by a trefoil ornament in the right hand and an akakia in the left. Andronikos holds an akakia in the right hand and a globus surmounted by a trefoil ornament in the left. To the r. of Michael's head appears an inscription. Border of dots.

...ΜΧ...

Κωνστάντιος. Μιχαήλ. Ἀνδρόνικος.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4332
Diameter 36.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 6, no. 82.8.

Translation

Ῥωμανὸς καὶ Εὐδοκία. Κωνστάντιος. Μιχαήλ. Ἀνδρόνικος.

Romanos and Eudokia. Konstantios. Michael. Andronikos.

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)