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Nikephoros patrikios, imperial protospatharios and general logothetes (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: τσ|λ . Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Wreath border.

νικη
φ̣ορπτ
βσπθ
γενικ
λογοθ

Νικηφόρῳ πατ(ρικίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) γενικῷ λογοθ(έτῃ)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: τσ|λ . Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Wreath border.

νικη
φ̣ορπτ
βσπθ
γενικ
λογοθ

Νικηφόρῳ πατ(ρικίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) γενικῷ λογοθ(έτῃ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.529
Diameter 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos, no. 2224a.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρῳ πατρικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ.

Lord, help your servant Nikephoros, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and general logothetes.

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