Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034)
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a cross nimbus; each arm contains a decoration consisting of five pellets. Sigla at left and right: Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
...ΑΝΟΥΗΛ
[Ἐμμ]ανουήλ
Obverse
Half-length representation of Christ bearded, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. He has a cross nimbus; each arm contains a decoration consisting of five pellets. Sigla at left and right: Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
...ΑΝΟΥΗΛ
[Ἐμμ]ανουήλ
Reverse
Half-length representation of Romanos III wearing a crown with a cross with pendilia and a loros and holding a globus cruciger in the right hand and a cross decorated with a pellet at each end in the left. Circular inscription. Border of dots.
RΩMAOSA.OCRA
Rωmanos a[u]tocrat(or)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1662 |
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Diameter | 35.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 6, no. 70.3. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Rωmanos autocrator.
Romanos, autocrator.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda (Open in Zotero)