Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina (1259-1282)
Obverse
The Mother of God seated on a thokos type throne, holding the child on her lap. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Linear border.
Obverse
The Mother of God seated on a thokos type throne, holding the child on her lap. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Linear border.
Reverse
The empress standing, wearing a high crown and a loros. She holds in the right hand a jeweled scepter. Inscription in two columns. Linear border.
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Θεοδώρα εὐσεβε[στ]άτη αὐγού[στ]α Δούκαινα ἡ Παλαιολογήνα
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.641 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 105.3; Zacos–Veglery, no. 122c. For a similar seal, see Likhacev, Molivdovuly, pl. LXXIX, no. 5. |
Translation
Θεοδώρα εὐσεβεστάτη αὐγούστα Δούκαινα ἡ Παλαιολογήνα.
Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina, most pious augusta.
Commentary
Daughter of John Doukas and the wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos (reigned 1261-1282), Theodora outlived her husband by many years. She died in 1303.