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Basil notarios (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil, holding right hand in attitude of blessing and book in left hand. Sigla on either side: ||Α–Σ|Η|Λ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασήλ(ειος). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. A cross of dots between pellets at top. Border of dots.

  
Κ̅ΕΘ
ΑΣ.Λ̣Η̅,
Ν̣ΟΤΡ,
 

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θει Βασ[ι]λή(ῳ) νοταρ(ί)ῳ

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil, holding right hand in attitude of blessing and book in left hand. Sigla on either side: ||Α–Σ|Η|Λ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασήλ(ειος). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. A cross of dots between pellets at top. Border of dots.

  
Κ̅ΕΘ
ΑΣ.Λ̣Η̅,
Ν̣ΟΤΡ,
 

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θει Βασ[ι]λή(ῳ) νοταρ(ί)ῳ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.2227
Diameter 20.0 mm
Condition Punctured.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Βασιλήῳ νοταρίῳ.

Lord, help Basil, notarios.