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Peter (?) hypatos and epi ton barbaron (?) (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: .σ|̣.λ̣. . Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ού]λ[ῳ]

Reverse

Bust of a holy figure holding a sceptre (?) over his left shoulder and a staff crowned by a star over his right. No sigla visible. Along the circumference, traces of a circular inscription between concentric borders of dots.

τ

[Πέτρῳ ὑπ]άτῳ [(καὶ) ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρων]

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: .σ|̣.λ̣. . Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ού]λ[ῳ]

Reverse

Bust of a holy figure holding a sceptre (?) over his left shoulder and a staff crowned by a star over his right. No sigla visible. Along the circumference, traces of a circular inscription between concentric borders of dots.

τ

[Πέτρῳ ὑπ]άτῳ [(καὶ) ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρων]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2594
Diameter 27.0 mm
Condition Corroded along the circumference.
Previous Editions

Cf. Zacos 3003.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βαρβάρων.

Mother of God, help your servant Peter, hypatos and epi ton barbaron.

Commentary

The reading of this poorly preserved specimen has been tentatively restored with reference to the parallel cited in this entry.