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Gregory (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of a saint with long beard. Indecipherable traces of epigraphy at right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

Κ̣Ε̣
ΤΣ
ΛΓΡΙ
ΡΙ̣

Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ σῷ [δού]λῳ Γρι[γο]ρι

Obverse

Bust of a saint with long beard. Indecipherable traces of epigraphy at right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

Κ̣Ε̣
ΤΣ
ΛΓΡΙ
ΡΙ̣

Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ σῷ [δού]λῳ Γρι[γο]ρι

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3293
Diameter 15.0 mm
Condition Struck off center.
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γριγοριῳ.

Lord, help your servant Gregory.