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Eudokia sebaste (twelfth century, first half)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla on either side: ̅θυ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

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

  
γ̣Ραφασ
.φραγι̣
.εαη̣Σ
.υοκ.
Ασ

γραφὰς [σ]φραγίζ(ω) [σ]εβαστῆς [Ε]ὐδοκ[ί]ας

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla on either side: ̅θυ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

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

  
γ̣Ραφασ
.φραγι̣
.εαη̣Σ
.υοκ.
Ασ

γραφὰς [σ]φραγίζ(ω) [σ]εβαστῆς [Ε]ὐδοκ[ί]ας

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2547
Diameter 27.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

γραφὰς σφραγίζω σεβαστῆς Εὐδοκίας.

I seal the letters of the sebaste Eudokia.

Commentary

This seal should be added to the entry in Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 483.