File:Seal of Manuel Komnenos, kouropalates.jpg

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English: Manuel Comnenus. Curiopalates, circa late 11th-early 12th century. PB Seal (31mm, 32.79 g, 12h). Q DHMHTPIOC [Q G]EWP[G]IO[C] in columnar format, the military saints Demetrius and George standing facing, both nimbate; Demetrius holding banner in right hand and oval shield in left, George holding spear in right hand, with which he transfixes a serpent below, and small round shield (buckler) in left / Metrical legend in six lines: +KVRO / TW’CW’D_ / MANOVHL / K_POPALA’ / TH TW’ KO / MNHN_. Apparently unpublished. Good VF, smooth gray-brown patina, slight roughness on reverse.


The military saints and martyrs Demetrius and George became familiar iconographic types during the rule of the Comnenid dynasty. This seal is an early depiction of George as the dragon or serpent slayer, which is not seen in Byzantine art much before the 12th century. The identity of the owner of the seal cannot be positively ascertained. It could be the future emperor Manuel I (1143-1180), holding the junior office of curopalates early in his career, but other possibilities are his uncle of the same name, or a brother of his grandfather, Alexius I, the first emperor of the dynasty.
Date 11th/12th century
Source CNG Coins
Author Original author of the objects unknown medieval artist; photographs by CNG; uploaded to Commons by Constantine Plakidas

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