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Bardas Kamateros (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla:Μ̅Θ̅Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΘΚΕΘ,
ΤΣΛ,
ΑΡΑΤ
ΚΑΜΑΤ
Ρ

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Βάρδᾳ τῷ Καματηρ

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla:Μ̅Θ̅Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΘΚΕΘ,
ΤΣΛ,
ΑΡΑΤ
ΚΑΜΑΤ
Ρ

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Βάρδᾳ τῷ Καματηρ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3071
Diameter 20.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Βάρδᾳ τῷ Καματηρῷ.

Mother of God, help your servant Bardas Kamateros.

Commentary

Jordanov (Corpus II, p. 173) lists other known seals of the representatives of the family Kamateros, to which the owner of this specimen likely belonged.

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