Constantine (?) monk (eleventh century)
Obverse
Indistinct bust of St. Theodore holding a shield. Inscription: |Θ|Ε.|Δ|Ο: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδορος. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Indistinct bust of St. Theodore holding a shield. Inscription: |Θ|Ε.|Δ|Ο: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδορος. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Linear border.
ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ.Δ,
κν,ταπ/
ΜΟΝΑ
Χ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ταπεινῷ μοναχῷ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4871 |
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Diameter | 15.0 mm |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ταπεινῷ μοναχῷ.
Lord, help your servant, the humble monk Constantine.
Commentary
The reading of the name Constantine and the monastic epithet ταπεινὀς is tentative, but there is little doubt that the first letters of the third line on the reverse are ΚΩ.