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Leo protospatharios, judge, exaktor, and grand kourator of the oxea (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ̣ΣΔ̣,
ΛΕΟΝΤΙΑ͂
ΣΠΑΘΑ.
ΡΙΤΗ

K(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Λέοντι (πρωτο)σπαθα[ρ(ίῳ) κ]ριτῇ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΕΑΚΤ̣,
ΡΙΣΚ̣
ΡΑΤΡ.
ΤΝΟ.
Ν

ἐξάκτ(ω)ρι (καὶ) μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) κουράτωρ[ι] τῶν ὀξ[έ]ων

Obverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ̣ΣΔ̣,
ΛΕΟΝΤΙΑ͂
ΣΠΑΘΑ.
ΡΙΤΗ

K(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Λέοντι (πρωτο)σπαθα[ρ(ίῳ) κ]ριτῇ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΕΑΚΤ̣,
ΡΙΣΚ̣
ΡΑΤΡ.
ΤΝΟ.
Ν

ἐξάκτ(ω)ρι (καὶ) μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) κουράτωρ[ι] τῶν ὀξ[έ]ων

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.266
Diameter 21.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, κριτῇ, ἐξάκτωρι καὶ μεγάλῳ κουράτωρι τῶν ὀξέων.

Lord, help your servant Leo, protospatharios, judge, exaktor, and grand kourator of the oxea.