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Anonymous (eleventh century)

 
 
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Obverse

A bust of St. Nicholas holding the Gospels in his left hand. Traces of epigraphy in two columns: |ΝΚ|Ο: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικό[λ(αος)]. Border of dots. 

title

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots. 

ΕΙ
ΣΦΡΑΓ,ΔΙ
ΚΝΙΣ,ΤΟ
ΓΕΓΡΑΦ
ΟΤΑ

ἐπίσφραγ(ις) δίκνισ(ι) τὸν γεγραφ(ό)τα

Obverse

A bust of St. Nicholas holding the Gospels in his left hand. Traces of epigraphy in two columns: |ΝΚ|Ο: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικό[λ(αος)]. Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots. 

ΕΙ
ΣΦΡΑΓ,ΔΙ
ΚΝΙΣ,ΤΟ
ΓΕΓΡΑΦ
ΟΤΑ

ἐπίσφραγ(ις) δίκνισ(ι) τὸν γεγραφ(ό)τα

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3489
Diameter 17.0 mm

Translation

ἐπίσφραγις δίκνισι τὸν γεγραφότα. 

The signature shows who wrote this. 

Commentary

The first word (abbreviated) of the inscription ought to be ἐπισφράγ(ισμα), but we have transcribed it as a shortened form, ἐπίσφραγ(ις), so the the inscription obeys the rules of a dodecasyllabic verse. It should be added to the corpus assembled by Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, vol. I.