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Basil Komnenos (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Theodore Tyron and St. Theodore Stratelates standing, turning heads and hands towards the hand of God that appears above them; a shield and a lance between them. Sigla in columns on two sides:Ο|ΘΕ|Ο|Δ|ΡΟΣ|ΟΤΗ|Ρ|ΝΟ|ΘΕ|ΟΔ|ΡΟΣ|ΟΡ|Α̣Τ|Η|Λ|Α|Τ:  Ὁ Θεόδωρος ὁ τήρων. Ὁ Θεόδωρος ὁ στρατηλάτηςBorder of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in seven lines. Border of dots.


ΓΡΦΣ
Σ̣ΦΡΓΙΖΚΙ̣
ΚΥΡΤΠΡ
ΚΤΕΚΟΟ
ΦΥΣΕΚΓΕ
ΝΣΣΙΛ


Γραφὰς σφραγίζω κα κυρῶ τὰ πρακτέα Κομνηνοφυοῦς ἐκ γένους Βασιλείου

Obverse

St. Theodore Tyron and St. Theodore Stratelates standing, turning heads and hands towards the hand of God that appears above them; a shield and a lance between them. Sigla in columns on two sides:Ο|ΘΕ|Ο|Δ|ΡΟΣ|ΟΤΗ|Ρ|ΝΟ|ΘΕ|ΟΔ|ΡΟΣ|ΟΡ|Α̣Τ|Η|Λ|Α|Τ:  Ὁ Θεόδωρος ὁ τήρων. Ὁ Θεόδωρος ὁ στρατηλάτηςBorder of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in seven lines. Border of dots.


ΓΡΦΣ
Σ̣ΦΡΓΙΖΚΙ̣
ΚΥΡΤΠΡ
ΚΤΕΚΟΟ
ΦΥΣΕΚΓΕ
ΝΣΣΙΛ


Γραφὰς σφραγίζω κα κυρῶ τὰ πρακτέα Κομνηνοφυοῦς ἐκ γένους Βασιλείου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3673
Diameter 35.0 mm; field: 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 359.

Translation

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ κυρῶ τὰ πρακτέα Κομνηνοφυοῦς ἐκ γένους Βασιλείου.

I seal the letters and authenticate the acts of Basil, descendant of the Komnenoi. 

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)