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Niketas Hagioalexandrites, kouboukleisios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Alexander holding the martyr's cross in his right hand. Sigla preserved at right: Ξ|Α|ΔΝ|Ρ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἀλέ]ξανδρ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in six lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ,Θ,
ΝΙΚΗΤ,Κ
ΚΛΙ,ΤΩ
ΑΓΙΟΑ..
ΞΑΝΡΙ
ΤΗ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικήτ(ᾳ) κουβουκλι(σίῳ) τῷ Ἁγιοα[λε]ξανδρίτῃ

Obverse

Bust of St. Alexander holding the martyr's cross in his right hand. Sigla preserved at right: Ξ|Α|ΔΝ|Ρ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἀλέ]ξανδρ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in six lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ,Θ,
ΝΙΚΗΤ,Κ
ΚΛΙ,ΤΩ
ΑΓΙΟΑ..
ΞΑΝΡΙ
ΤΗ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικήτ(ᾳ) κουβουκλι(σίῳ) τῷ Ἁγιοα[λε]ξανδρίτῃ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1024
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 206. Noted in PBW : Niketas 20294.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ κουβουκλισίῳ τῷ Ἁγιοαλεξανδρίτῃ.

Lord, help Niketas Hagioalexandrites, kouboukleisios.

Commentary

This seal is of interest as one of very few presenting the image of St Alexander, the third-century bishop and martyr.

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