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Theophanios kouboukleisios and imperial cleric (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Baptist, holding a cross potent in his right hand. Inscription on either side: Ω̄Ο|Π|ΡΟ| : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰ]ω(άννης) ὁ Πρόδ(ρομος). Linear border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Linear border.

ΘΕΟ
ΦΑΝΙΟΚ
ΚΛΙˊ
ΚΛΙΡΙΚ

Θεοφανίο κουβουκλι(σίῳ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) κλιρικ(ῷ)

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Baptist, holding a cross potent in his right hand. Inscription on either side: Ω̄Ο|Π|ΡΟ| : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰ]ω(άννης) ὁ Πρόδ(ρομος). Linear border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Linear border.

ΘΕΟ
ΦΑΝΙΟΚ
ΚΛΙˊ
ΚΛΙΡΙΚ

Θεοφανίο κουβουκλι(σίῳ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) κλιρικ(ῷ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1164
Diameter 21.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοφανίο κουβουκλισίῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ κλιρικῷ.

Theophanios, kouboukleisios and imperial cleric.