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Constantine (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St John the Baptist, holding a long cross in his left hand. Sigla: |Δ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΓΡΑ
ΦΑΣΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΖṢ
ΛΟΓ̣.
Κ̅.

γραφὰς σφραγίζω (καὶ) λόγου[ς] Κω[ν(σταντίνου)]

Obverse

Bust of St John the Baptist, holding a long cross in his left hand. Sigla: |Δ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΓΡΑ
ΦΑΣΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΖṢ
ΛΟΓ̣.
Κ̅.

γραφὰς σφραγίζω (καὶ) λόγου[ς] Κω[ν(σταντίνου)]

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3629
Diameter 16.0 mm; field: 11.0 mm

Translation

γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους Κωνσταντίνου.

I seal the letters and correspondence of Constantine.