Constantine patrikios and imperial protospatharios (ninth century)
Obverse
A cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
A cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Indeterminate border.
ΚΣ̣Τ̣
ΤΙΠΤ
̣ˊˊΣΠΘˊ
Κωνστα[ν]τίνῳ πατ[ρ(ικίῳ) (καὶ)] β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.544 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ.
Mother of God, help your servant Constantine patrikios and imperial protospatharios.