Xene Komnene, nun (ca. 1060)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, with medallion of Christ before her. Traces of sigla: ΡΘ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. No border visible.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, with medallion of Christ before her. Traces of sigla: ΡΘ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. No border visible.
ΘΚΕ
ΟΗΘΕΙ
ΞΕΝΗΤΗ
ΚΟΜΝΗ
·ΝΗ·
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ξένῃ μοναχῇ τῇ Κομνηνῇ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5083 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1475. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ξένῃ μοναχῇ τῇ Κομνηνῇ.
Theotokos, help Xene Komnene, nun.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The owner of this seal will have been Aikaterina, the wife of the emperor Isaac Komnenos (1057-1059), who entered a convent upon her husband's abdication and took the name Xene; see Skylitzes cont. 110.