Constantine sebastos (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
Military saint mounted on a prancing horse. Only one letter remains from the sigla (ε) so that the figure could be identified either as St. George or St. Theodore. Border of dots.
Obverse
Military saint mounted on a prancing horse. Only one letter remains from the sigla (ε) so that the figure could be identified either as St. George or St. Theodore. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
Σφρσπ
.φυκσε̣
.ωνντιν̣
ονπερθλητ
εκπ̣σησλ
ησ̣ρυου
σφραγὶς π[έ]φυκα σεβαστοῦ [Κ]ωνσταντίνου ὅνπερ, ἀθλητά, ἐκ πάσης βλάβης ῥύου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.531 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2722. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
σφραγὶς πέφυκα σεβαστοῦ Κωνσταντίνου ὅνπερ, ἀθλητά, ἐκ πάσης βλάβης ῥύου.
I am the seal of the sebastos Constantine; Champion, preserve him from all harm.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Remarkable iconography and a noteworthy metrical verse (composed of two dodecasyllables).