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Constantine asekretis (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the book in his left. Sigla preserved at right: Κ̣|Ο|Λ,: [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι]κόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Traces of a cross between pellets above and below. Border of dots.

  
ΚΕ̣̣
ΗΘΕΙΚ̣
̣ΣΗΚΡΗ
ΤΗΣ
  

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει Κω[ν(σταντίνῳ)] ἀσηκρήτης

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the book in his left. Sigla preserved at right: Κ̣|Ο|Λ,: [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι]κόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Traces of a cross between pellets above and below. Border of dots.

  
ΚΕ̣̣
ΗΘΕΙΚ̣
̣ΣΗΚΡΗ
ΤΗΣ
  

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει Κω[ν(σταντίνῳ)] ἀσηκρήτης

Accession number BZS.1955.1.2286
Diameter 18.0 mm
Condition Chipped and worn.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀσηκρήτης.

Lord, help Constantine, asekretis.