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Constantine chartoularios and episkeptites (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St John the Baptist holding a staff cross over his left shoulder. No inscription visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (presumably beginning with a cross). A decoration above. Border of dots.

  
κν
.τ̣ντι,
..ρτλ,
.πισκ
..τ̣Ητ,

Κων[σ]ταντί(νῳ) [χα]ρτουλ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) [ἐ]πισκ[επ]τήτ(ῃ)

Obverse

Bust of St John the Baptist holding a staff cross over his left shoulder. No inscription visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (presumably beginning with a cross). A decoration above. Border of dots.

  
κν
.τ̣ντι,
..ρτλ,
.πισκ
..τ̣Ητ,

Κων[σ]ταντί(νῳ) [χα]ρτουλ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) [ἐ]πισκ[επ]τήτ(ῃ)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.582
Diameter 21.0 mm

Translation

Κωνσταντίνῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ἐπισκεπτήτῃ.

Constantine, chartoularios and episkeptites.