Borilos proedros and grand primikerios of the ethnikoi (1078-1081)
Obverse
St. Demetrios standing, holding a spear and shield. Inscription visible at right: Δ|η|μι|τρ, : [ὁ ἅγιος] Δημίτρ(ιος). Border of dots.
Obverse
St. Demetrios standing, holding a spear and shield. Inscription visible at right: Δ|η|μι|τρ, : [ὁ ἅγιος] Δημίτρ(ιος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
κε̅,θ,
οριλ,προ
ερκαι.
πρημικηρ̣
τνεθνι
κ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Βορίλ(ῳ) προέδρῳ καὶ [μ(ε)γ(άλῳ)] πρημικηρ(ίῳ) τῶν ἐθνικ(ῶν)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1273 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Βορίλῳ προέδρῳ καὶ μεγάλῳ πρημικηρίῳ τῶν ἐθνικῶν.
Lord, help Borilos, proedros and grand primikerios of the ethnikoi.
Commentary
This is in all probability the Borilos reviled in Skylitzes continuatus as a henchman of the emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1078-1081). See McGeer and Nesbitt, Byzantium in the Time of Troubles, 176-77, 189-90.