Yaghibasan, emir and servant of the emperor (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of Christ, beardless blessing with his right hand and holding a scroll in his left hand. He has a nimbus cruciger. Sigla visible: ΙΣ: Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς. Inscription: Ο|ΕΜ|.ΑΝ||Η: ὁ Ἐμμανουήλ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of Christ, beardless blessing with his right hand and holding a scroll in his left hand. He has a nimbus cruciger. Sigla visible: ΙΣ: Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς. Inscription: Ο|ΕΜ|.ΑΝ||Η: ὁ Ἐμμανουήλ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΟΔΛΟΣ
ΤΑΣΙΛΕ
ΟΣΑΜΥΡΑΣ
..ΓΙΠΑΖΑ
ΝΗΣ
Ὁ δούλος τοῦ βασιλέος ἀμυρᾶς Ἰαγιπαζάνης
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2807 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Oikonomides, "Les Danishmendides, entre Byzance, Bagdad et le sultanat d'Iconium," no. 1. |
Translation
Ὁ δούλος τοῦ βασιλέως ἀμυρᾶς Ἰαγιπαζάνης.
The servant of the emperor, the emir Yaghibasan.
Bibliography
- Les Danishmendides entre Byzance, Bagdad et le sultanat d’Iconium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See Oikonomides, "Les Danishmendides," for a discussion of this individual, Yaghibasan, the son of Amir Ghazi, governor of Sebasteia (1142-1164). The seal is dated to about the year 1146, on the basis of his brief association with the emperor Manuel Komnenos at that time.