Doukaina Kourtikina nun (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans with medallion. Inscription: μρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans with medallion. Inscription: μρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕ
.ΚΕΝΑ
.ΝΑΧ
.ΗΚΟΥΡ
.ΙΚΙΝΑ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Δούκενα μωναχῇ τῇ Κουρτίκινᾳ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2556 |
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Diameter | 15.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1464 (numbered Fogg 2552). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Δούκενα μωναχῇ τῇ Κουρτίκινᾳ.
Theotokos, help the nun Doukaina Kourtikina.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)