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Joseph primikerios and imperial ostiarios (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Between concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:

κεοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with lines of pellets above and below. Border of dots.

  
ιωση.
πριμηκ
και,οστ
ιαριω
  

Ἰωσὴ[φ] πριμηκ(ηρίῳ) καὶ β(ασιλικῷ) ὀστιαρίῳ

Obverse

A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Between concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:

κεοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with lines of pellets above and below. Border of dots.

  
ιωση.
πριμηκ
και,οστ
ιαριω
  

Ἰωσὴ[φ] πριμηκ(ηρίῳ) καὶ β(ασιλικῷ) ὀστιαρίῳ

Accession number BZS.1947.2.777
Diameter 23.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωσὴφ πριμηκηρίῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ ὀστιαρίῳ.

Lord, help your servant Joseph primikerios and imperial ostiarios.