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Niketas imperial strator and chartoularios of Thrace (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

ΝΙΚΗ.
.ΣΤΡΤ.
ΡΙΧΡΤ
ΛΡΙΘ
ΡΚΙΣ

Νική[τ]ᾳ [β(ασιλικῷ)] στράτ[ο]ρι (καὶ) χαρτουλαρίῳ Θρᾴκις

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

ΝΙΚΗ.
.ΣΤΡΤ.
ΡΙΧΡΤ
ΛΡΙΘ
ΡΚΙΣ

Νική[τ]ᾳ [β(ασιλικῷ)] στράτ[ο]ρι (καὶ) χαρτουλαρίῳ Θρᾴκις

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.731
Diameter 30.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 71.4; Zacos-Veglery, no. 2273.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ βασιλικῷ στράτορι καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ Θρᾴκις.

Theotokos, help your servant Niketas imperial strator and chartoularios of Thrace.

Bibliography

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