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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans; details indistinct. Sigla partially preserved at right: θ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ο̣υ̣
σ̣φραγι.
ε̣ιμιτην̣
γ̣ραφην̣
λεπν̣
νοει

οὗ σφραγί[ς] εἰμι τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων νόει

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans; details indistinct. Sigla partially preserved at right: θ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ο̣υ̣
σ̣φραγι.
ε̣ιμιτην̣
γ̣ραφην̣
λεπν̣
νοει

οὗ σφραγί[ς] εἰμι τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων νόει

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1871
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1708.

Translation

οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων νόει.

Know whose seal I am by looking at the letter.