Constantine Opos, kouropalates (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: .ρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God (Episkepsis) orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: .ρ̅θυ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
θκ̅ε
σκεπησμ,
τοσοικε
τ,κροπα̅
κ̅̅ν̅το
πο
Θεοτόκε σκέπης με το σῷ οἰκέτῃ κουροπαλάτῃ Κωνσταντίνῳ το Ὤπο
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2883 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 927; Stavros G. Georgiou, "The Byzantine family of Opos: Addenda et corrigenda," Byzantion 83 (2013), no. 14 (dating the seal to the years after 1094). |
Translation
Θεοτόκε σκέπης με το σῷ οἰκέτῃ κουροπαλάτῃ Κωνσταντίνῳ το Ὤπο.
Theotokos, protect me, your servant the kouropalates Constantine Opos.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
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