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Niketas eparch (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Pegasus flying to the right. Above, an indistinct cruciform monogram (likely an invocation). Wreath border.

Reverse

Cruciform monogram with stars in the quarters. Reading: Νικήτᾳ ἐπάρχῳ. Wreath border.

Obverse

Pegasus flying to the right. Above, an indistinct cruciform monogram (likely an invocation). Wreath border.

Reverse

Cruciform monogram with stars in the quarters. Reading: Νικήτᾳ ἐπάρχῳ. Wreath border.
Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3047
Diameter 35.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Zacos, no. 3005.

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

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ ἐπάρχῳ.