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Marinos imperial primikerios of the vestiarion epi tou koitonos and epikernes of the Emperor Romanos (920-944)

 
 

Obverse

A cross with letters at each end and at the junction of the two bars: ΑΗΜΝΡ : Μαρήνῳ. In the quarters, decorations of fleurons. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, an invocation completed by the owner's name:

+ΚΥΡΙΕΟΗΘΕ..........

Κύριε βοήθε[ι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ] Μαρήνῳ

Reverse

Along the circumference, between two concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription completed by the inscription in six lines in the field:

+ΠΡΙΜΗΚΗΡ.ΕΣΤΗΑΡΙ.

+ΕΠΙΤ
ΘΩΦΥΛΑΚ,
ΚΟΙΤ,ΕΠΗ
ΚΕΡΝΙΡΟΜΑ
ΝΟΥΤ,ΦΙΛ,
ΧΥΔΕΣΠ,

β(ασιλικῷ) πριμικηρ(ίῳ) [τ(οῦ)] βεσταρί(ου) ἐπὶ τοῦ θ(ε)ωφυλάκ(του) κοιτ(ῶνος) (καὶ) ἐπηκέρνι Ῥομανοῦ τ(οῦ) φιλ(ο)χ(ρίστο)υ δεσπ(ότου)

Obverse

A cross with letters at each end and at the junction of the two bars: ΑΗΜΝΡ : Μαρήνῳ. In the quarters, decorations of fleurons. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, an invocation completed by the owner's name:

+ΚΥΡΙΕΟΗΘΕ..........

Κύριε βοήθε[ι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ] Μαρήνῳ

Reverse

Along the circumference, between two concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription completed by the inscription in six lines in the field:

+ΠΡΙΜΗΚΗΡ.ΕΣΤΗΑΡΙ.

+ΕΠΙΤ
ΘΩΦΥΛΑΚ,
ΚΟΙΤ,ΕΠΗ
ΚΕΡΝΙΡΟΜΑ
ΝΟΥΤ,ΦΙΛ,
ΧΥΔΕΣΠ,

β(ασιλικῷ) πριμικηρ(ίῳ) [τ(οῦ)] βεσταρί(ου) ἐπὶ τοῦ θ(ε)ωφυλάκ(του) κοιτ(ῶνος) (καὶ) ἐπηκέρνι Ῥομανοῦ τ(οῦ) φιλ(ο)χ(ρίστο)υ δεσπ(ότου)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.318
Diameter 26.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μαρήνῳ βασιλικῷ πριμικηρίῳ τοῦ βεστιαρίου ἐπὶ τοῦ θεωφυλάκτου κοιτῶνος καὶ ἐπηκέρνι Ῥομανοῦ τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου.

Lord, help your servant Marinos imperial primikerios of the vestiarion, epi tou koitonos protected by God and epikernes of the God-loving sovereign Romanos.

Commentary

This seal is edited jointly with its parallel linked to this entry.