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Kosmas higoumenos and exarch of Hellas (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Between two concentric circles of dots, the inscription.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΚΟΣΜ
ΗΓΟΥΜΣΝ
ΕΞΡΧ
ΕΛΛΔΟΣ
ΜΗΝ

Κοσμᾷ ἡγουμέν καὶ ἐξάρχῳ Ἑλλάδος. Ἀμήν.

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Between two concentric circles of dots, the inscription.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΚΟΣΜ
ΗΓΟΥΜΣΝ
ΕΞΡΧ
ΕΛΛΔΟΣ
ΜΗΝ

Κοσμᾷ ἡγουμέν καὶ ἐξάρχῳ Ἑλλάδος. Ἀμήν.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4777
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 8.63b.
Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 243.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κοσμᾷ ἡγουμένῳ καὶ ἐξάρχῳ Ἑλλάδος. Ἀμήν.

Lord, help your servant Kosmas, higoumenos and exarch of Hellas. Amen.

Commentary

See the commentary to BZS 1958.106.85.

Bibliography

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