Bardanios imperial protospatharios and logothetes of the stratiotikon (tenth century)
Obverse
A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of four steps. Within concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤ.ΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ [σ]ῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of four steps. Within concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤ.ΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ [σ]ῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. A row of pellets above. Border of dots.
Ρ
.Ι̣ΣΠ
..Ρ ΛΟΓ
Ο̣Θ̣Ε̣ΤΤΟΥ
ΣΤΡΤ/
Βαρδα[ν]ίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[αθ]αρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) λογοθέτ(ῃ) τοῦ στρατ(ιωτικοῦ)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.759 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βαρδανίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ λογοθέτῃ τοῦ στρατιωτικοῦ.
Lord, help your servant Bardanios, imperial protospatharios and logothetes of the stratiotikon.