Niketas kouboukleisios and episkeptites (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Agathonikos, holding the martyr's cross in his left hand. Inscription visible at left; unclear at right: Ο|Α|Γ: ὁ ἅγ(ιος) ... . Circular inscription inside linear border.
....ΗΘΗΤΩΣ.....
[Κ(ύρι)ε βο]ήθη τῷ σ[ῷ δο(ύλῳ)]
Obverse
Bust of St. Agathonikos, holding the martyr's cross in his left hand. Inscription visible at left; unclear at right: Ο|Α|Γ: ὁ ἅγ(ιος) ... . Circular inscription inside linear border.
....ΗΘΗΤΩΣ.....
[Κ(ύρι)ε βο]ήθη τῷ σ[ῷ δο(ύλῳ)]
Reverse
Inscription in five lines with decoration above. Indeterminate border.
.ΝΗΚ,
..Κ
ΚΛΙΣ,Ε
ΠΗΣΚΕ
ΠΤΙΤ
Νηκ(ή)[τα] κουβουκλισ(ίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπησκεπτίτ(ῃ)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.907 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νηκήτα κουβουκλισίῳ καὶ ἐπησκεπτίτῃ.
Lord, help your servant Niketas, kouboukleisios and episkeptites.