N. anthypatos patrikios and spatharios (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ̣–Σ̣̣|̣–Λ. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ̣–Σ̣̣|̣–Λ. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
. . .Σ..
Ν̣ΘΥΠΤ̣
Ρ̣ΙΚΗ̣
.ΠΘ
...σ... [ἀ]νθυπάτ(ῳ) [πατ]ρικήῳ (καὶ) [σ]παθ(αρίῳ)
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.939 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Condition | Blank too small for die. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ...σ... ἀνθυπάτῳ πατρικήῳ καὶ σπαθαρίῳ.
Mother of God, help your servant ..., anthypatos, patrikios and spatharios.
Commentary
The owner's second title could also be protospatharios, imperial spatharios, or imperial protospatharios. From the traces of epigraphy in the first line of the reverse we may propose that his name was Sisinnios.