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Constantine protospatharios and strategos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

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

  
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ̣
ΣΛ̣
  

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross of dots above. Border of dots.

  
.Ν
Σ̣ΠΘΡ,
ΣΤΡΤ,
Γ,

[Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(η)γ(ῷ)

Obverse

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

  
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ̣
ΣΛ̣
  

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross of dots above. Border of dots.

  
.Ν
Σ̣ΠΘΡ,
ΣΤΡΤ,
Γ,

[Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(η)γ(ῷ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.590
Diameter 31.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ.

Lord, help your servant Constantine, protospatharios and strategos.