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Constantine patrikios and imperial protospatharios (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

A cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Indeterminate border.

ΚΣ̣Τ̣
ΤΙΠΤ
̣ˊˊΣΠΘˊ

Κωνστα[ν]τίνῳ πατ[ρ(ικίῳ) (καὶ)] β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)

Obverse

A cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Indeterminate border.

ΚΣ̣Τ̣
ΤΙΠΤ
̣ˊˊΣΠΘˊ

Κωνστα[ν]τίνῳ πατ[ρ(ικίῳ) (καὶ)] β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.544
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.