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Niketas priest (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans with medallion. Sigla: ΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with cross above. Indeterminate border.


ΘΚ̅Ε,Θ,
ΝΙΚΙΤΑ
ΠΡΕΣΙ
ΤΕΡΟ

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικίτᾳ πρεσβιτέρο

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans with medallion. Sigla: ΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with cross above. Indeterminate border.


ΘΚ̅Ε,Θ,
ΝΙΚΙΤΑ
ΠΡΕΣΙ
ΤΕΡΟ

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικίτᾳ πρεσβιτέρο

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1470
Diameter 21.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1100.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικίτᾳ πρεσβιτέρο.

Mother of God, help the priest Niketas.

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