John protoproedros and epi tes basilikes sakelles (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Blachernitissa) orans with medallion. Sigla: ̅θυ̅. Epithet along the upper circumference: ηλαχερν,τησα : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ ἡ Βλαχερν(ί)τησα. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Blachernitissa) orans with medallion. Sigla: ̅θυ̅. Epithet along the upper circumference: ηλαχερν,τησα : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ ἡ Βλαχερν(ί)τησα. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines preceded by a cross. Border of dots.
θκε,θ,
ιπρτο
προερ
επιτησ̅⸣
σκελ
λησ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) πρωτοπροέδρῳ (καὶ) ἐπὶ τῆς β(ασιλικῆς) σακέλλης
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.505 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοπροέδρῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλικῆς σακέλλης.
Mother of God, help John protoproedros and epi tes basilikes sakelles.
Commentary
This is one of four seals from the same boulloterion edited jointly (parallels listed below).