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John patrikios, judge of the Velum and exarch of the ethnikoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

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

κε
οηθει
τσ
ι̅Πρ̅Ι̅⸣
κι

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Ἰω(άννῃ) π(ατ)ρικίῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.

  
κριτη̣
Τηλ
ερχ
τνεθ
νικ

κριτῇ τοῦ Βήλου (καὶ) ἐξάρχ(ῳ) τῶν ἐθνικ(ῶν)

Obverse

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

κε
οηθει
τσ
ι̅Πρ̅Ι̅⸣
κι

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Ἰω(άννῃ) π(ατ)ρικίῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.

  
κριτη̣
Τηλ
ερχ
τνεθ
νικ

κριτῇ τοῦ Βήλου (καὶ) ἐξάρχ(ῳ) τῶν ἐθνικ(ῶν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2342
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ πατρικίῳ, κριτῇ τοῦ Βήλου καὶ ἐξάρχῳ τῶν ἐθνικῶν.

Lord, help your servant John, patrikios, judge of the Velum and exarch of the ethnikoi.