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Anastasios imperial spatharios and koiaistor (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

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

κεοηθητοσοδ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει το σο δ(ούλῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ν̣σ
τσ̣.σ
πθ.κυ
ιστ̣ρ

Ἀναστασ[ί]ῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) [(καὶ)] κυαίστωρ(ι)

Obverse

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

κεοηθητοσοδ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει το σο δ(ούλῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ν̣σ
τσ̣.σ
πθ.κυ
ιστ̣ρ

Ἀναστασ[ί]ῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) [(καὶ)] κυαίστωρ(ι)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.839
Diameter 24.0 mm
Condition Cracked along the channel.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει το σο δούλῳ Ἀναστασίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κυαίστωρι.

Lord, help your servant Anastasios, imperial spatharios and koiaistor.