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Niketas ...ereos, protospatharios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription preserved at right: λ̣|̣|ο̣ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικό]λαο(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

  
νικ̣.
τˊσπ̣.
θρ,το.
.ηρε̣

Νικ[ή]τᾳ (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) το ..ηρέῳ

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription preserved at right: λ̣|̣|ο̣ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικό]λαο(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

  
νικ̣.
τˊσπ̣.
θρ,το.
.ηρε̣

Νικ[ή]τᾳ (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) το ..ηρέῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2590
Diameter 27.0 mm
Condition Partially effaced.
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Νικήτᾳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ το ..ηρέῳ.

Niketas ..ereos, protospatharios.