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.
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 |
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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.