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Akindynos (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

A lion pouncing on a deer. Border of dots.

Reverse

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

κεθ
ηθητσ
ˊκυν
υνο

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δ(οῦλῳ) Ἀκυνδύνο

Obverse

A lion pouncing on a deer. Border of dots.

Reverse

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

κεθ
ηθητσ
ˊκυν
υνο

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δ(οῦλῳ) Ἀκυνδύνο

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2420
Diameter 24.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δοῦλῳ Ἀκυνδύνο.

Lord, help your servant Akindynos.