Happenings 03
Happenings 03
COLLECTIONS / Best of Museum

Lead seal of Alexios Komnenodoukas Palaeologos

Lead seal (molyvdoboullo) of Alexios Komnenodoukas Palaeologos, son and future son-in-law of emperor Alexios I Aggelos (1195-1203). On the seal reads the metrical inscription “Αλεξίου σφράγισμα Παλαιολό[γου] Κομνηνοδουκών/[ε]ξ ανάκτων [ο]σφύος του [πρ]ωτοπανσεβ[άστ]ου συν υπερτάτω (Seal of Alexios Palaeologos of the Komnenodoukas family descendant of kings most venerable of the venerable)”. The title of “πρωτοπανσεβάστου” (most venerable of the venarable) was considered one of the superior titles of the imperial family.

Code

ΒΜο 27/1

Type

Lead seal

Chronology

Before 1199

Dimensions

Diameter 4,2 cm., weight 38,55 g.

Material of Construction

Lead

Origin

Pydna Pierias

This site is registered on wpml.org as a development site.