Eudokimos Epigingles, merarches (eleventh century, ca. 1020–50)
- Accession Number:
- BZS.1951.31.5.1822
Details
- Diameter:
- 21 mm
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas, raising his right hand in blessing and holding a book in his left. Vertical inscriptions to left and right: |Ν|Ι Κ|Ο|Λ—Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, preceded and followed by decoration. Indeterminate border.
Ευδοκι
ο,ςερι
αρχ,ηςοεπι
γιγγλης
Εὐδόκιμο(ς) μεριάρχ(ης) ὁ Ἐπιγίγγλ(ης).
Translation
Εὐδόκιμος μεριάρχης ὁ Ἐπιγίγγλης.
Eudokimos Epigingles, merarches.
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Commentary
This and the seal of the tourmarches Eudokimos Epiginkles (BZS.1951.31.5.1322) belong to the same individual. W. Seibt had previously suggested that the surname should be related to the toponym Ginklarion (Γιγκλάριον or Γιγγλάριον); see Belke and Mersich, Phrygien und Pisidien, TIB 7 (Vienna, 1990), 260. However, the surname Ἐπιγίγγλης is attested; see PmbZ 25945.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore