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Nicholas (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of Saint Nicholas. Inscription : |Ν|Ι : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι(κόλαος). 

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. 

Ε̣,Θ,
ΣΔ
ΚΟΛΑ

[Κ(ύρι)]ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δ(ούλῳ) [Νι]κολάῳ

Obverse

Bust of Saint Nicholas. Inscription : |Ν|Ι : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι(κόλαος). 

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. 

Ε̣,Θ,
ΣΔ
ΚΟΛΑ

[Κ(ύρι)]ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δ(ούλῳ) [Νι]κολάῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2551
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent 2552.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ. 

Lord, help your servant Nicholas.