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Synetos and Niketas, apo eparchon, general kommerkiarioi and archontes of the blattion (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

A standing emperor, holding the globus cruciger in his right hand. Indiction year on either side: ιΒ. A partially preserved circular inscription along the circumference. Indeterminate border.

.υνετ̣Ο̣Υ̣̣............χων

[Σ]υνετοῦ (καὶ) [Νικήτα ἀπὸ ἐπάρ]χων

Reverse

Inscription of six lines; last line missing. Indeterminate border.

γενικ
ωνκομμερ̣
Κιριων.
ροντ.
.τλ
....

(καὶ) γενικῶν κομμερκιαρίων (καὶ) ἀρχόντ[ων] τοῦ βλ[αττίου]

Obverse

A standing emperor, holding the globus cruciger in his right hand. Indiction year on either side: ιΒ. A partially preserved circular inscription along the circumference. Indeterminate border.

.υνετ̣Ο̣Υ̣̣............χων

[Σ]υνετοῦ (καὶ) [Νικήτα ἀπὸ ἐπάρ]χων

Reverse

Inscription of six lines; last line missing. Indeterminate border.

γενικ
ωνκομμερ̣
Κιριων.
ροντ.
.τλ
....

(καὶ) γενικῶν κομμερκιαρίων (καὶ) ἀρχόντ[ων] τοῦ βλ[αττίου]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1788
Diameter 33.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Zacos 215b.

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

Translation

Συνετοῦ καὶ Νικήτα ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων καὶ γενικῶν κομμερκιαρίων καὶ ἀρχόντων τοῦ βλαττίου.

(Seal of) Synetos and Niketas apo eparchon, and general kommerkiarioi and archontes of the blattion.