Theodore hypatos and chartoularios (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
A cross potent mounted on a base of three steps. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:
κεοηθ,τσδλ.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ[ῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
θεο
ρυπατο
α ουλαρη
α̣μ̣ην
Θεοδώρῳ ὑπάτο (καὶ) χαρ(τ)ουλαρήῳ. ἀμήν
Obverse
A cross potent mounted on a base of three steps. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:
κεοηθ,τσδλ.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ[ῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.
θεο
ρυπατο
α ουλαρη
α̣μ̣ην
Θεοδώρῳ ὑπάτο (καὶ) χαρ(τ)ουλαρήῳ. ἀμήν
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.225 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ ὑπάτο καὶ χαρτουλαρήῳ. ἀμήν
Lord, help your servant Theodore, hypatos and chartoularios. Amen
Commentary
Note the unusual abbreviation at the beginning of the third line of the reverse: we read Α with a chi-rho monogram inscribed above and to the right, which we resolve as ΧΑΡ. We cannot, however, reproduce this monogram in our transcription and leave it to the reader to supply the Ρ with the superscript Χ.