Stephen Karykes (?) (twelfth century)
Obverse
St. Stephen standing, holding a censer and a book (?). Sigla faintly visible: Π.|Μ|.: Πρωτομάρτυς. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
St. Stephen standing, holding a censer and a book (?). Sigla faintly visible: Π.|Μ|.: Πρωτομάρτυς. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Indeterminate border.
ΤΟΝΚ
.ΗΝΕ
ΝΟΝΠΡ
.ΑΘΛΣ
ΠΟΙ
Τὸν Καρύκην Στέφανον πρώταθλε σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3223 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Τὸν Καρύκην Στέφανον πρώταθλε σκέποις.
First of the martyrs, may you protect Stephen Karykes.
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. The reading of the inscription is provisional and cannot be established with certainty until a better preserved parallel becomes known.