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Theodore Hypo..., imperial protospatharios and epi tes megales hetaireias (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

A patriarchal cross (x at the lower transverse bar) mounted on steps. Fleurons on either side. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription along the circumference, beginning at seven o'clock:

κ̣εοηθει̣

Κύριε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of at least five lines. Border of dots.

θ̣ε
ρο
̣θεπι
εγ,ετε
ο̣υ̣π̣ο̣

Θεω[δό]ρο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)[σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπὶ [τ(ῆς) μ]εγ(άλης) ἑτε[ρ(είας) τ]ο Ὑπο...

Obverse

A patriarchal cross (x at the lower transverse bar) mounted on steps. Fleurons on either side. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription along the circumference, beginning at seven o'clock:

κ̣εοηθει̣

Κύριε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of at least five lines. Border of dots.

θ̣ε
ρο
̣θεπι
εγ,ετε
ο̣υ̣π̣ο̣

Θεω[δό]ρο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)[σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπὶ [τ(ῆς) μ]εγ(άλης) ἑτε[ρ(είας) τ]ο Ὑπο...

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.795
Diameter 18.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεωδόρο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς μεγάλης ἑτερείας το Ὑπο...

Lord, help your servant Theodore Hypo..., imperial protospatharios and epi tes megales hetaireias.