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Niketas gerokomos (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing, and holding a book. Inscription in columns: |Ν|ΙΚ|Ο|Λ,: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΓΡΑΦ
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΖ,
ΝΙΚΗΤΑ
ΓΗΡΟΚ,
Μ,

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτᾳ γηροκόμου

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing, and holding a book. Inscription in columns: |Ν|ΙΚ|Ο|Λ,: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΓΡΑΦ
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΖ,
ΝΙΚΗΤΑ
ΓΗΡΟΚ,
Μ,

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτᾳ γηροκόμου

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4974
Diameter 16.0 mm

Translation

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω Νικήτᾳ γηροκόμου.

I seal the letters of Niketas the gerokomos.

Commentary

Dodecasyllable.