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Leo spatharokandidatos (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

A cross on steps; details indistinct. Traces of a circular inscription along the circumference beginnng at one o'clock. Border of dots.

ΚΕ....Ε.ΤΣΟΥ.

Κ(ύρι)ε [βοήθ]ε[ι] τῷ σῷ δού[λ(ῳ)]

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Decorations above and below. Border of dots.

  
ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΠΑ
ΘΑΡ,ΚΑ
.ΙΑΤ
  

Λέοντι σπαθαρ(ο)κα[ν]διδάτ(ῳ)

Obverse

A cross on steps; details indistinct. Traces of a circular inscription along the circumference beginnng at one o'clock. Border of dots.

ΚΕ....Ε.ΤΣΟΥ.

Κ(ύρι)ε [βοήθ]ε[ι] τῷ σῷ δού[λ(ῳ)]

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Decorations above and below. Border of dots.

  
ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΠΑ
ΘΑΡ,ΚΑ
.ΙΑΤ
  

Λέοντι σπαθαρ(ο)κα[ν]διδάτ(ῳ)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.932
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ.

Lord, help your servant Leo, spatharokandidatos.

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