Konstantinos Melissenos (type 2)
Obverse
Theotokos Evergetissa (standing, holding child in R arm) sigla, with vertical inscriptions
Reverse
Text 7 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ | ἡ Εὐεργέτισσα. / Κωνσταντίνῳ μοι τῷ Μελισσηνῷ Κόρη | ἐπισφραγίζοις τὰς γραφὰς τῷ σῷ τύπῳ
Mother of God | the Evergetissa. / Maiden, may you set a seal with your image to the writings of Konstantinos Melissenos (metrical)
Diameter: 29
Date: 12th c. (2nd half)
Seals
- Athens (Konstantopoulos) 661
- Schlumberger collection 0
- Lichacev collection 0
Published
- Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 48, no. 34
- Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 679, no. 2
- Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie no. 13
- Konstantopoulos, Nom. Mous. no. 661 a
- Laurent, Bulles métriques no. 224
- Stavrakos no. 173
- Koltsida-Makri, Iconography of Virgin no. 1(b)
- Cheynet - Morrisson - Seibt, Seyrig p. 207