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Constantine kouboukleisios and episkeptites (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin, holding the Christ (l. hand), who with both hands seems to be holding a plate? Inscription ΘΥ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with cross above and pellets below. Border of dots.


θκε,θ,
κωνκ
επισκε
πτητη

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ κουβουκλησίῳ καὶ ἐπισκεπτήτῃ

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin, holding the Christ (l. hand), who with both hands seems to be holding a plate? Inscription ΘΥ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with cross above and pellets below. Border of dots.


θκε,θ,
κωνκ
επισκε
πτητη

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ κουβουκλησίῳ καὶ ἐπισκεπτήτῃ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.228
Diameter 22.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ κουβουκλησίῳ καὶ ἐπισκεπτήτῃ.

Theotokos, help Constantine kouboukleisios and episkeptites.

Commentary

The reading of the title as κουβουκλεισίῳ and not κουβικουλάριῳ is preferable based on the date of the seal.