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Constantine Anatolikos, patrikios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

The Mother of God standing, orans. Traces of sigla on either side: ̣̅ΘΥ̣̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of at least five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΚ̣̅Ε
,Θ̣,Κ̣Ν
ΠΡΙ⸣ΤΟΑ̣
..ΤΟΛ
...

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Κων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) το Ἀ[να]τολ[ικ(ῷ)]

Obverse

The Mother of God standing, orans. Traces of sigla on either side: ̣̅ΘΥ̣̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of at least five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΚ̣̅Ε
,Θ̣,Κ̣Ν
ΠΡΙ⸣ΤΟΑ̣
..ΤΟΛ
...

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Κων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) το Ἀ[να]τολ[ικ(ῷ)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3009
Diameter 18.0 mm
Condition Worn and corroded.
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ το Ἀνατολικῷ.

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