Michael Myreleites (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding the sceptre with trefoil in right hand and the globe in left hand. Sigla: Μ|ΙΧ|Α : Μιχα(ήλ). Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding the sceptre with trefoil in right hand and the globe in left hand. Sigla: Μ|ΙΧ|Α : Μιχα(ήλ). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
ΚΕ,Θ̣,
ΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΤΟΜΥΡ,
λ̣ΕΗΤΙ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Μιχαὴλ τὸ Μυρ(ε)λεήτι
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.425 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | See PBW: Michael 20561 (citing the edition in Seyrig, p. 123, which gives the family name as Myrelaetes). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ τὸ Μυρελεήτι.
Lord, help Michael Myreleites.
Commentary
Note that Cheynet published an eleventh-century seal of a Nikephoros Myrelaetes, imperial physician, in "Sceaux byzantins des musées d'Antioche et de Tarse," TM 12 (1994), no. 44.