Konstantinos, deacon and chartophylax of Hagia Sophia (type 1)

Obverse

Theotokos Machairotheisa (standing, with medallion in front of her) sigla, with vertical invocation

Reverse

Text 7 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ ἡ μαχαιρωθεῖσα. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ διακόνῳ καὶ χαρτοφύλακι τῆς Μεγάλης ᾿Εκκλησίας

The Mother of God stabbed with a knife. / Theotokos aid Konstantinos deacon and chartophylax of the Great Church

Diameter: 25

Date: 12th c. (middle)

Seals

Published

  • Cheynet - Morrisson - Seibt, Seyrig no. 227
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 99
  • Galavaris, Stabbed with a Knife p. 229
  • McGeer - Nesbitt - Oikonomides V no. 42. 1