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Constantine Kamytzes (twelfth century, first half)

 
 

Obverse

St George standing with a spear and a shield. Traces of sigla on either side: Ο|Α||.|..|.|.|Ρ|. : ὁ ἅγι[ος Γεώ]ρ[γ(ιος)]. No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΕΟΗ
ΕΙΚ̅ΝΤ
ΚΑΜΊ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοή[θ]ει Κων(σταντίνῳ) τ[ῷ] Καμίτζῃ

Obverse

St George standing with a spear and a shield. Traces of sigla on either side: Ο|Α||.|..|.|.|Ρ|. : ὁ ἅγι[ος Γεώ]ρ[γ(ιος)]. No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΕΟΗ
ΕΙΚ̅ΝΤ
ΚΑΜΊ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοή[θ]ει Κων(σταντίνῳ) τ[ῷ] Καμίτζῃ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1777
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

See Andreas Gkoutzioukostas and Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, "The origin and the members of the Kamytzes family: A contribution to Byzantine prosopography," DOP 72 (2018), 172.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ τῷ Καμίτζῃ.

Lord, help Constantine Kamytzes.

Commentary

Several other seals in the Dumbarton Oaks and Fogg collections bear the name Constantine Kamytzes and might be related to this specimen. Cf. Jordanov, Corpus II, p. 177; Seibt, Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, p. 313; see also PBW : Konstantinos 20111.

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