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Liberos sebastos (twelfth/thirteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

The prophet Daniel standing in the lions' den with his hands raised in prayer. On either side an inscription: ο||οφι|τη|σ  |α|νι|ηλ : ὁ προφίτης Δανιήλ. Linear border.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Linear border.

κριτησα
ιηλκαιγρ
φυπ
ροαστελει
σεΒλιΒερ
εισκρι


κριτὴς Δανιὴλ καὶ γραφῶν νῦν προστάτης τελεῖ σεβαστοῦ Λιβεροῦ πράξεις κρίνων

Obverse

The prophet Daniel standing in the lions' den with his hands raised in prayer. On either side an inscription: ο||οφι|τη|σ  |α|νι|ηλ : ὁ προφίτης Δανιήλ. Linear border.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Linear border.

κριτησα
ιηλκαιγρ
φυπ
ροαστελει
σεΒλιΒερ
εισκρι


κριτὴς Δανιὴλ καὶ γραφῶν νῦν προστάτης τελεῖ σεβαστοῦ Λιβεροῦ πράξεις κρίνων

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2
Diameter 37.0 mm; field: 34.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

κριτὴς Δανιὴλ καὶ γραφῶν νῦν προστάτης τελεῖ σεβαστοῦ Λιβεροῦ πράξεις κρίνων.

The judge Daniel who judges the acts of Liberos serves now as guardian of his letters.