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Nikephoros notarios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas, offering a blessing and holding a book in his left hand. Sigla on either side: |.|Ι|.|Ο|Λ̣, : ὁ ἄ(γιος) [Ν]ι[κ]όλ(αος). No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Linear border.

κεθ,
.σδ
ν̣ηκιφο
ρ̣νοτ.
ρ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Νηκιφόρ(ῳ) νοτ[α]ρ(ίῳ)

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas, offering a blessing and holding a book in his left hand. Sigla on either side: |.|Ι|.|Ο|Λ̣, : ὁ ἄ(γιος) [Ν]ι[κ]όλ(αος). No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Linear border.

κεθ,
.σδ
ν̣ηκιφο
ρ̣νοτ.
ρ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Νηκιφόρ(ῳ) νοτ[α]ρ(ίῳ)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.2557
Diameter 21.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νηκιφόρῳ νοταρίῳ.

Lord, help your servant Nikephoros, notarios.