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Theodore Boutoumites, magistros (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Theodore. Inscription on either side: ̣|θ̣Εο̣||ρ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

κε̅,θ,
θεορ,
μαγιστρ,
ττ
..τι

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοδώρ(ῳ) μαγίστρ(ῳ) τῷ Βουτου[μί]τι

Obverse

Bust of St Theodore. Inscription on either side: ̣|θ̣Εο̣||ρ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

κε̅,θ,
θεορ,
μαγιστρ,
ττ
..τι

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοδώρ(ῳ) μαγίστρ(ῳ) τῷ Βουτου[μί]τι

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2614
Diameter 18.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ μαγίστρῳ τῷ Βουτουμίτι.

Lord, help Theodore Boutoumites, magistros.