Constantine chartoularios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). No border visible.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription. Wreath border.
ΚΝ.
.ΑΝΤ.Ν/
.ΑΡΤ/Τ/Ε
Γ/ΠΕΛ/
Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3692 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.2. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους.
Mother of God, help Constantine chartoularios of Aigaion Pelagos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Note the presence of a Ρ with serif at the top (third line of the reverse). For another eighth-century chartoularios of the Aigaion Pelagos, see Laurent, Orghidan no. 214; see also BZ 33 (1933) 34.