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Peter hypatos and epi ton barbaron (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of a holy figure, perhaps the Mother of God (details indistinct), between two crosses. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, a partially preserved circular inscription beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:

πετρ̣.π̣..̣......ρρον

Πέτρῳ [ὑ]π[άτ]ῳ [(καὶ) ἐπ(ὶ) τ(ῶν) β]αρβάρον

Reverse

Bust of a saint (details indistinct) between two crosses. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, a partially preserved circular inscription beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:

πετρ̣............ρρ

Πέτρ[ῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) ἐπ(ὶ) τ(ῶν) β]αρβάρ(ον)

Obverse

Bust of a holy figure, perhaps the Mother of God (details indistinct), between two crosses. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, a partially preserved circular inscription beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:

πετρ̣.π̣..̣......ρρον

Πέτρῳ [ὑ]π[άτ]ῳ [(καὶ) ἐπ(ὶ) τ(ῶν) β]αρβάρον

Reverse

Bust of a saint (details indistinct) between two crosses. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, a partially preserved circular inscription beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:

πετρ̣............ρρ

Πέτρ[ῳ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) ἐπ(ὶ) τ(ῶν) β]αρβάρ(ον)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2593
Diameter 29.0 mm
Condition Corroded along the circumference.
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Πέτρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρον. Πέτρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρον.

Peter, hypatos and epi ton barbaron.