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Niketas (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin, with nimbus, hands upraised in supplication. Sigla : Μ̣̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΓΡΑ
ΦΣΣΦΡ
ΓΙΖΛΟ
Γ,ΤΟΥΝΙ
ΚΗΤΑ

γραφὰς σφραγίζ(ω) (καὶ) λόγ(ους) τοῦ Νικήτα

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin, with nimbus, hands upraised in supplication. Sigla : Μ̣̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΓΡΑ
ΦΣΣΦΡ
ΓΙΖΛΟ
Γ,ΤΟΥΝΙ
ΚΗΤΑ

γραφὰς σφραγίζ(ω) (καὶ) λόγ(ους) τοῦ Νικήτα

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3641
Diameter 15.0 mm

Translation

γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους τοῦ Νικήτα.

I seal the letters and correspondence of Niketas.

Commentary

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 411a.