(John?) Doukas (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Mark. Details indistinct. On either side, inscription: |μ|α|ρκ|ο|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Μάρκος. Outside a border of pellets enclosed by dots, traces of a circular inscription that begins at the top:
γ̣ι̣σσφρ̣γ̣
[σφρα]γὶς σφραγ[ίζω τὰς γραφ(ὰς) Ἰω(άννου)]
Obverse
Bust of St. Mark. Details indistinct. On either side, inscription: |μ|α|ρκ|ο|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Μάρκος. Outside a border of pellets enclosed by dots, traces of a circular inscription that begins at the top:
γ̣ι̣σσφρ̣γ̣
[σφρα]γὶς σφραγ[ίζω τὰς γραφ(ὰς) Ἰω(άννου)]
Reverse
Bust of St. John Chrysostom. Details indistinct. On either side, inscription: |ι̅|ο|στ|μο|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υσό)στ(ο)μος. Outside a border of pellets enclosed by dots, traces of a circular inscription that began at the top:
κ̣δκ
[ῥίζαν ἔχοντος ἐ]κ Δούκα [γένους κλάδου]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3512 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
σφραγὶς σφραγίζω τὰς γραφὰς Ἰωάννου ῥίζαν ἔχοντος ἐκ Δούκα γένους κλάδου.
I, the seal, seal the letters of John, who stems from a branch of the Doukas family.
Commentary
The restoration is of course conjectural but is based on comparative inscriptions from other specimens.