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
- Seyrig 694
- DO 58.106. 4820 Dumbarton Oaks
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