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Niketas magistros, anthypatos, patrikios and ek prosopou ... (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of four steps. Within concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:

Κεοηθητ̣̣σ̣ουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross; bottom line not preserved. Border of dots.

νικητ
γιστρο
νθυππ
τρηκ,Sεκ
π̣ροσοπ
....

Νικήτᾳ [μ]αγίστρο, [ἀ]νθυπά(τῳ), π[α]τρηκ(ίῳ) (καὶ) ἐκ προσόπ(ου) ...

Obverse

A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of four steps. Within concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning at seven o'clock:

Κεοηθητ̣̣σ̣ουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross; bottom line not preserved. Border of dots.

νικητ
γιστρο
νθυππ
τρηκ,Sεκ
π̣ροσοπ
....

Νικήτᾳ [μ]αγίστρο, [ἀ]νθυπά(τῳ), π[α]τρηκ(ίῳ) (καὶ) ἐκ προσόπ(ου) ...

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1117
Diameter 22.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ μαγίστρο, ἀνθυπάτῳ, πατρηκίῳ καὶ ἐκ προσόπου ...

Lord, help your servant Niketas magistros, anthypatos, patrikios and ek prosopou ...