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Christodoulos Antiochites, patrikios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God, orans. Sigla preserved at left: Μ̣Ρ̣ : Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

Θ̣ΚΕ,Θ̣,
Χ̣ΡΙΣΤΟ
Δ̣Λ,Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅
Τ̣ΑΝΤΙ
ΟΧΙΤ,

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Χριστοδούλ(ῳ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) τῷ Ἀντιοχίτ(ῃ)

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God, orans. Sigla preserved at left: Μ̣Ρ̣ : Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

Θ̣ΚΕ,Θ̣,
Χ̣ΡΙΣΤΟ
Δ̣Λ,Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅
Τ̣ΑΝΤΙ
ΟΧΙΤ,

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Χριστοδούλ(ῳ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) τῷ Ἀντιοχίτ(ῃ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.446
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

See PBW : Christodoulos 20104 (dated to the years between 1040 and 1070).

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Χριστοδούλῳ πατρικίῳ τῷ Ἀντιοχίτῃ.

Mother of God, help Christodoulos Antiochites, patrikios.