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John imperial protospatharios and Domestikos ton Hikanaton (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: .σ̣̣|λ. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Thin wreath border.

ιβσπ̣
θ̣ριομ̣
εστικτν
κντ

Ἰω(άννῃ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρίῳ (καὶ) δομεστικ(ῷ) τῶν [Ἱ]κανάτ(ων)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: .σ̣̣|λ. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Thin wreath border.

ιβσπ̣
θ̣ριομ̣
εστικτν
κντ

Ἰω(άννῃ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρίῳ (καὶ) δομεστικ(ῷ) τῶν [Ἱ]κανάτ(ων)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.219
Diameter 24.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ δομεστικῷ τῶν Ἱκανάτων.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant John, imperial protospatharios and Domestikos of the Hikanatoi.