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George Andreiomenos, judge and anagrapheus of the Optimatoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |.Ε|Ρ|ΓΗ||Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Γ]εώργηως. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. No visible border.

+ΚΕ.
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΚΡΙΤΗΑΝΑ
ΓΡΑΦΕΙΤΟΝ
ΟΙΜΑΤ,Τ
ΑΝΔΡΙΟ
ΜΕΝ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Γεωργίῳ κριτῇ (καὶ) ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ὀππιμάτ(ων) τῷ Ἀνδριομένῳ

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |.Ε|Ρ|ΓΗ||Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Γ]εώργηως. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. No visible border.

+ΚΕ.
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΚΡΙΤΗΑΝΑ
ΓΡΑΦΕΙΤΟΝ
ΟΙΜΑΤ,Τ
ΑΝΔΡΙΟ
ΜΕΝ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Γεωργίῳ κριτῇ (καὶ) ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ὀππιμάτ(ων) τῷ Ἀνδριομένῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.103
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 71.1.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ κριτῇ καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ὀππιμάτων τῷ Ἀνδριομένῳ.

Lord, help George Andreiomenos judge and anagrapheus of the Optimatoi.

Commentary

On line 5 of the reverse the engraver erroneously used the common double-pi ligature instead of Π and Τ, as required for the word Optimatoi. The DO Collection (BZS.1955.1.2903) contains a seal of George Andreiomenos, with the bust of St. George on the obverse; see PBW Georgios 20170. For a physician named Andreiomenos, see A. Kouzes, "Τὸ ἀνέκδοτον ἔτι ἰατρικὸν ἔργον τοῦ Ἀνδρειωμένου," EEBS 6 (1929) 383-86.

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