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Epiphanios imperial protospatharios and logothetes of the stratiotikon (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: Τ̣Σ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a row of pellets below. Wreath border.

Ε̣Π̣Ι̣̣.
ΝΙΣΠ̣.
ΘΡ,ΛΟΓΟΘ,
Τ,ΣΤΡΤ/
  

Ἐπιφ[α]νίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) λογοθ(έτῃ) τ(οῦ) στρατ(ιωτικοῦ)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: Τ̣Σ|Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a row of pellets below. Wreath border.

Ε̣Π̣Ι̣̣.
ΝΙΣΠ̣.
ΘΡ,ΛΟΓΟΘ,
Τ,ΣΤΡΤ/
  

Ἐπιφ[α]νίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) λογοθ(έτῃ) τ(οῦ) στρατ(ιωτικοῦ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.722
Diameter 24.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἐπιφανίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ λογοθέτῃ τοῦ στρατιωτικοῦ.

Lord, help your servant Epiphanios, imperial protospatharios and logothetes of the stratiotikon.