Constantine Opos, doux (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, with the Child before her. Sigla: Μ̅θ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Line border.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, with the Child before her. Sigla: Μ̅θ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Line border.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Line border.
αγ..
φυλατ.
κικ̅Ν̅
τοπο
Ἅγνη, φύλαττε δουκὶ Κωνσταντίνῳ το Ὤπο
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4995 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm; field: 15.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 43; Stavros G. Georgiou, "The Byzantine family of Opos: Addenda et corrigenda," Byzantion 83 (2013), no. 14. |
Translation
Ἅγνη, φύλαττε δουκὶ Κωνσταντίνῳ το Ὤπο.
Holy one, watch over the doux Constantine Opos.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
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