John Philokales, protospatharios and hypatos (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God, facing, orans, with the medallion of Christ with nimbus cruciform before her. Sigla to both sides: ̄θῡ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God, facing, orans, with the medallion of Christ with nimbus cruciform before her. Sigla to both sides: ̄θῡ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕ͵͵Θ
ῙΑ͂ΣΠΑΘ,
ΡΙ,ΥΠΑΤ,
ΤΦΙΛΟ
ΚΑΛ,
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ὑπάτῳ τῷ Φιλοκάλῃ
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1243 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ὑπάτῳ τῷ Φιλοκάλῃ.
Theotokos, help John Philokales, protospatharios and hypatos.
Bibliography
- Patmiakē Vivliothēkē: ētoi neos katalogos tōn cheirographōn kōdikōn tēs Hieras Monēs Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou Patmou (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
In his unpublished catalogue of the Shaw collection, Laurent points out that this could be the poet John Geometres, as he calls himself Φιλόκαλος as well (Patmos, p. 12 n. 2).