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Gregoras imperial spatharios and logothetes tou dromou (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .̣–Σ̣.|–Λ. No visible border.

Κύριε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σ[ῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

....
ΟΡΒΣ
ΘΛΟΓ̣.
ΤΗΤΟΥ
Ρ̣ΟΜ

[Γρηγ]ορᾷ β(ασιλικῷ) σπ[α]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) λογ[οθέ]τῃ τοῦ [δ]ρόμ(ου)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .̣–Σ̣.|–Λ. No visible border.

Κύριε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σ[ῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

....
ΟΡΒΣ
ΘΛΟΓ̣.
ΤΗΤΟΥ
Ρ̣ΟΜ

[Γρηγ]ορᾷ β(ασιλικῷ) σπ[α]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) λογ[οθέ]τῃ τοῦ [δ]ρόμ(ου)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.891
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos 1945(a).

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γρηγορᾷ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ λογοθέτῃ τοῦ δρόμου.

Lord, help your servant Gregoras, imperial spatharios and logothetes tou dromou.