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Nikephoros imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. On either side, fleurons up to the first arm. Along the border of dots, a circular inscription.

ΚΕΟΗΘΙΤ....

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθι τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΝΙΚΗ
ΦΟΡ
ΣΠΘΣΤ
.ΤΤΙ
..ΜΟˊ

Νικηφόρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρ]ατηγ(ῷ) τῖ[ς Σ]άμο(υ)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. On either side, fleurons up to the first arm. Along the border of dots, a circular inscription.

ΚΕΟΗΘΙΤ....

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθι τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΝΙΚΗ
ΦΟΡ
ΣΠΘΣΤ
.ΤΤΙ
..ΜΟˊ

Νικηφόρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρ]ατηγ(ῷ) τῖ[ς Σ]άμο(υ)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.148
Diameter 24.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 44.7.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῖς Σάμου.

Lord, help your servant Nikephoros, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos.

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