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Constantine protospatharios and imperial notarios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

The Mother of God standing with her hands raised before her. Sigla: ̅θυ̅: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.

  
θκε,θ,
κ̅ν̅σπ,
θρ,̅⸣
νοτρ,
 Ο 

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Κων(σταντίνῳ) (πρωτο)σπ(α)θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) νοταρ(ί)ο

Obverse

The Mother of God standing with her hands raised before her. Sigla: ̅θυ̅: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.

  
θκε,θ,
κ̅ν̅σπ,
θρ,̅⸣
νοτρ,
 Ο 

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Κων(σταντίνῳ) (πρωτο)σπ(α)θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) νοταρ(ί)ο

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.91
Diameter 28.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ νοταρίο.

Mother of God, help Constantine, protospatharios and imperial notarios.