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Constantine patrikios, hypatos, judge of the Velum and parathalassites (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas; details indistinct. Inscription preserved at right: κ|ο|λ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι]κόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

κΝ̣
ΠΡΙ⸣ Υπ̣.
κριτ,τ.
̣Πρ.

Κων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), ὑπά[τ(ῳ)], κριτ(ῇ) τοῦ [Βήλ(ου) (καὶ) παρα[θ(αλασσίτῃ)]

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas; details indistinct. Inscription preserved at right: κ|ο|λ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι]κόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

κΝ̣
ΠΡΙ⸣ Υπ̣.
κριτ,τ.
̣Πρ.

Κων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), ὑπά[τ(ῳ)], κριτ(ῇ) τοῦ [Βήλ(ου) (καὶ) παρα[θ(αλασσίτῃ)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2054
Diameter 25.0 mm
Condition Overstruck or double struck.
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ, ὑπάτῳ, κριτῇ τοῦ Βήλου καὶ παραθαλασσίτῃ.

Constantine patrikios, hypatos, judge of the Velum and parathalassites.