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:
κεοηθειτσδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Between concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:
κεοηθειτσδουλ
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 |
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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.