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Theophylaktos imperial spatharios (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram; in the quarters: ΤΣ| ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines. Wreath border.

ΘΕΟΦΥ
ΛΚΤΒΣ̣
ΠΘΡΙ

Θεοφ[υλ]άκτῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρί(ῳ)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram; in the quarters: ΤΣ| ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines. Wreath border.

ΘΕΟΦΥ
ΛΚΤΒΣ̣
ΠΘΡΙ

Θεοφ[υλ]άκτῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρί(ῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.673
Diameter 27.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ.

Mother of God, help your servant Theophylaktos, imperial spatharios.