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Alexios (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas, offering a blessing and holding the Gospel. Details indistinct. Traces of sigla: ν|κ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Ν[ι]κ[όλαος]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

Α̣λειΟ̣
Ν̣οικετΗ̣
Α̣μμακΑ̣
Σ̣Κ̣

Ἀλέξιον οίκέτη[ν π]αμμάκα[ρ] σκ[έποις]

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas, offering a blessing and holding the Gospel. Details indistinct. Traces of sigla: ν|κ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Ν[ι]κ[όλαος]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

Α̣λειΟ̣
Ν̣οικετΗ̣
Α̣μμακΑ̣
Σ̣Κ̣

Ἀλέξιον οίκέτη[ν π]αμμάκα[ρ] σκ[έποις]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1814
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 73.

Translation

Ἀλέξιον οίκέτην παμμάκαρ σκέποις.

All-blessed one, may you protect Alexios.

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