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

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform monogram: ΑΗΜΝΡ : Μαρήνῳ. In the quarters, decorations of fleurons. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, an invocation (now illegible) completed by the owner's name:

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μαρήνῳ

Reverse

Along the circumference, between two concentric circles, an inscription completed by another inscription (in six lines) in the field. Border of dots.

+ΠΡΙΜΗΚΗΡ.ΕΣΤΗΑΡΙ.

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

β(ασιλικῷ) πριμικηρ(ίῳ) [τ(οῦ)] βεστιαρί(ου) ἐπὶ τοῦ θ(ε)ωφυλάκ(του) κοιτ(ῶνος) (καὶ) ἐπηκέρνι ῾Ρομανοῦ τ(οῦ) φιλ(ο)χ(ρίστου) δεσπ(ότου)

Obverse

Cruciform monogram: ΑΗΜΝΡ : Μαρήνῳ. In the quarters, decorations of fleurons. Along the circumference, between concentric borders of dots, an invocation (now illegible) completed by the owner's name:

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μαρήνῳ

Reverse

Along the circumference, between two concentric circles, an inscription completed by another inscription (in six lines) in the field. Border of dots.

+ΠΡΙΜΗΚΗΡ.ΕΣΤΗΑΡΙ.

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

β(ασιλικῷ) πριμικηρ(ίῳ) [τ(οῦ)] βεστιαρί(ου) ἐπὶ τοῦ θ(ε)ωφυλάκ(του) κοιτ(ῶνος) (καὶ) ἐπηκέρνι ῾Ρομανοῦ τ(οῦ) φιλ(ο)χ(ρίστου) δεσπ(ότου)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.319
Diameter 27.0 mm
Condition Punctured twice.
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 guarded by God, and epikernes of the Christ-loving sovereign Romanos.

Commentary

The reading of the circular inscription and monogram on the obverse, and the circular inscription along the circumference of the reverse, has been restored from the parallel, BZS.1951.31.5.318, linked to this entry.