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Eustratios ostiarios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Eustratios. Inscription: Ο|.Γ̣|Ι|Ο|Σε|ΥΣ|ΤΡ|Α, : ὁ [ἅ]γιος Εὐστρά(τιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

  
ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ̣Σ̣Δ
ΕΥΣΤ̣ΡΑΤ,
ΟΣΤ̣Ι̣Α
Ρ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Εὐστρατ(ίῳ) οστιαρ(ίῳ) 

Obverse

Bust of St Eustratios. Inscription: Ο|.Γ̣|Ι|Ο|Σε|ΥΣ|ΤΡ|Α, : ὁ [ἅ]γιος Εὐστρά(τιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

  
ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ̣Σ̣Δ
ΕΥΣΤ̣ΡΑΤ,
ΟΣΤ̣Ι̣Α
Ρ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Εὐστρατ(ίῳ) οστιαρ(ίῳ) 

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1131
Diameter 22.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Εὐστρατίῳ οστιαρίῳ.

Lord, help your servant Eustratios, ostiarios.