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Panaretos hypatos and imperial kourator (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Thin wreath border.

ΠΝ
ΡΕΤΥΠ
ΤΒΚΟΥ
ΡΤΟΡ

Παναρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) κουράτορ(ι)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Thin wreath border.

ΠΝ
ΡΕΤΥΠ
ΤΒΚΟΥ
ΡΤΟΡ

Παναρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) κουράτορ(ι)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.717
Diameter 28.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Παναρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ κουράτορι.

Lord (or Mother of God) help your servant Panaretos, hypatos and imperial kourator.