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Manuel kouropalates (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St Demetrios holding a spear and shield. No epigraphy visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

...τ̣.σ
.νο.ηλ̣
Κροπλ̣
Τηνσκ
.ποισ̣

[μάρ]τ[υ]ς [Μ]ανο[υ]ὴλ κουροπαλάτην σκ[έ]ποις

Obverse

St Demetrios holding a spear and shield. No epigraphy visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

...τ̣.σ
.νο.ηλ̣
Κροπλ̣
Τηνσκ
.ποισ̣

[μάρ]τ[υ]ς [Μ]ανο[υ]ὴλ κουροπαλάτην σκ[έ]ποις

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2563
Diameter 19.0 mm
Condition Blank too small for die.
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1375.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

μάρτυς Μανουὴλ κουροπαλάτην σκέποις.

Martyr, may you protect Manuel, kouropalates.

Commentary

For a parallel, see PBW : Manuel 20109.