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Theodore I Komnenos Laskaris (1208-22)

 
 

Obverse

St. Theodore Stratelates standing on a dais, wearing a military chlamys draped over the shoulder. He holds in the left hand an oblong shield decorated in the center with the device of a snake. In column at right: Ο|ΡΑ|ΤΗ|ΛΑ|ΤΗ|Σ: [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρος] ὁ στρατηλάτης. Border of dots.

Reverse

The emperor standing, wearing a crown with a cross and a chlamys. He holds a labarum in the right hand. Columnar inscription at left Border of dots.

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Θεόδωρος δεσπότης [Κομνηνὸς ὁ Λάσκαρις].

Obverse

St. Theodore Stratelates standing on a dais, wearing a military chlamys draped over the shoulder. He holds in the left hand an oblong shield decorated in the center with the device of a snake. In column at right: Ο|ΡΑ|ΤΗ|ΛΑ|ΤΗ|Σ: [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρος] ὁ στρατηλάτης. Border of dots.

Reverse

The emperor standing, wearing a crown with a cross and a chlamys. He holds a labarum in the right hand. Columnar inscription at left Border of dots.

ΘΕΟ
ΔΩ
ΡΟΣ
ΔΕΣ
ΠΟ
ΤΗΣ

Θεόδωρος δεσπότης [Κομνηνὸς ὁ Λάσκαρις].

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4355
Diameter 43.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 6, no. 101.1.

Translation

Θεόδωρος δεσπότης Κομνηνὸς ὁ Λάσκαρις.

Theodore Komnenos Laskaris, despotes.

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)