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Constantine hypatos and protonotarios (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τσ|λ . Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

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

κν
.τντιν
υ̣πτ⸊
νοτρ/

Κων[σ]ταντίνῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τσ|λ . Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

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

κν
.τντιν
υ̣πτ⸊
νοτρ/

Κων[σ]ταντίνῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.127
Diameter 25.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos, no. 1813.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ.

Mother of God, help your servant Constantine, hypatos and protonotarios.

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