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John "man" of the skeuophylax (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Baptist holding a long cross. Inscription: Ο|Ι|ΟΠΡ|Δ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration above. Indeterminate border.


ΚΕ,Θ,

Ι̅ΤΟΤ
ΣΚΕΥΟΦΥ
.ΑΚΟΣ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) τὀ τοῦ σκευοφύ[λ]ακος

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Baptist holding a long cross. Inscription: Ο|Ι|ΟΠΡ|Δ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration above. Indeterminate border.


ΚΕ,Θ,

Ι̅ΤΟΤ
ΣΚΕΥΟΦΥ
.ΑΚΟΣ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) τὀ τοῦ σκευοφύ[λ]ακος

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.853
Diameter 24.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ τὀ τοῦ σκευοφύλακος.

Lord, help John, the "man" of the skeuophylax.

Commentary

This person likely served on the staff of a skeuophylax, perhaps of the great skeuophylax of Hagia Sophia.