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Stephen Kontostephanos (1130-1148)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, with a cross below. Border of dots.

κον
εφ
κι
.
ο

Κον[το]στεφά[νου] καὶ Στ[εφάν]ου δ[εσπό]το[υ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


ικυ
ργ
φργ
ευμ
ν

[κα]ὶ κῦ[ρος ἔ]ργω[ν καὶ σ]φραγ[ὶς βουλ]ευμ[άτ]ων

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, with a cross below. Border of dots.

κον
εφ
κι
.
ο

Κον[το]στεφά[νου] καὶ Στ[εφάν]ου δ[εσπό]το[υ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


ικυ
ργ
φργ
ευμ
ν

[κα]ὶ κῦ[ρος ἔ]ργω[ν καὶ σ]φραγ[ὶς βουλ]ευμ[άτ]ων

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5423
Diameter 31.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1126b.

Translation

Κοντοστεφάνου καὶ Στεφάνου δεσπότου καὶ κῦρος ἔργων καὶ σφραγὶς βουλευμάτων.

Security of the acts and seal of the decisions of the lord Stephanos Kontostephanos.

Commentary

See the commentary to the better preserved parallel BZS 1955.1.3896. The two seals present the same inscription but come from different boulloteria.