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Theodore hypatos and general logothetes (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Wreathed border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning and ending with a cross. Wreathed border.

ΘΕΟ
ΡΥΠΑ
ΤΓΕΝΙΚ
̣ΛΟΓΟΘΕ
ΤΗ

Θεοδώρῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ

Obverse

Cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Wreathed border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning and ending with a cross. Wreathed border.

ΘΕΟ
ΡΥΠΑ
ΤΓΕΝΙΚ
̣ΛΟΓΟΘΕ
ΤΗ

Θεοδώρῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1243
Diameter 29.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos 2435.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ.

Mother of God, help your servant Theodore, hypatos and general logothetes.