David Komnenos, porphyrogennetos

Obverse

St Eleutherios (standing) vertical inscriptions

Reverse

Text 8 lines

῾Ο ἅγιος ᾿Ελευθέριος. / Δαβὶδ Κομνηνοῦ πορφυροβλάστου λόγους | ᾿Ελευθέριος προσκυροῖ, Θεοῦ θύτης

St Eleutherios. / The words of David Komnenos the porphyrogennetos | Eleutherios confirms, the bishop of God (metrical)

Diameter: 34

Date: Beginning of 13th c.

Seals

  • Seyrig 573
  • Fogg 3 Dumbarton Oaks
  • Hermitage M- 7935
  • Vatican 178
  • Sale Catalogue: Sternberg 17: 734
  • Belgrade 0

Published

  • Cheynet - Morrisson - Seibt, Seyrig no. 11
  • Laurent, Vatican no. 178
  • Šandrovskaja, Sfragistika no. 1042
  • Cheynet, Comnènes p. 64, n. 55
  • Lichačev, Molivdovuly p. 77, no. 11
  • Laurent, David Comnène p. 151