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