Anna Komnenodoukaina (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, nimbate, orans. Sigla: μρ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Ιnscription: ΗΦ|Υ.|: Ἡ Φαυστίνη. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, nimbate, orans. Sigla: μρ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Ιnscription: ΗΦ|Υ.|: Ἡ Φαυστίνη. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines with decoration above. Border of dots.
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Κομνηνοδούκων ἐκ γένους σφραγὶς Ἄννης
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4562 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Translation
Κομνηνοδούκων ἐκ γένους σφραγὶς Ἄννης.
The seal of Anna, from the line of the Komnenodoukai.
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic verse. The meaning of the epithet of the Virgin on the obverse is unclear.