Scholastikios koubikoularios and sakellarios (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type I). Within a double wreath border, circular inscription.
τωουλωσου
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σοῦ
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Within a double wreath border, circular inscription.
α - ι - κ - λ - ο - σ - τ - χ - ω ...βικ,σακελλαρ..
Σχολαστικίῳ κουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ σακελλαρίῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type I). Within a double wreath border, circular inscription.
τωουλωσου
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σοῦ
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Within a double wreath border, circular inscription.
α - ι - κ - λ - ο - σ - τ - χ - ω ...βικ,σακελλαρ..
Σχολαστικίῳ κουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ σακελλαρίῳ
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1345 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 31.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Zacos-Veglery, no. 1678. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σχολαστικίῳ κουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ σακελλαρίῳ.
Theotokos, help your servant Scholastikios koubikoularios and sakellarios.
Commentary
This may represent a further step in the career of Scholastikios, the ostiarios and parakoimomenos under Theophilos; see BZS.1955.1.1142 for an earlier stage in the career of this figure, when he was an imperial nipsistiarios.