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Eustathios protospatharios and asekretis (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). Six-pointed stars in the quarters. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a star. Decorations above and below. Thin wreath border.

  
ευσ
αθιοα
παθˊSα
ικρι.
  

Εὐσ[τ]αθίο (πρωτο)[σ]παθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἀ[σ]ικρί[τ(ις)]

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). Six-pointed stars in the quarters. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a star. Decorations above and below. Thin wreath border.

  
ευσ
αθιοα
παθˊSα
ικρι.
  

Εὐσ[τ]αθίο (πρωτο)[σ]παθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἀ[σ]ικρί[τ(ις)]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1675
Diameter 19.0 mm
Condition Partially flattened on reverse.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Εὐσταθίο πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἀσικρίτις.

Lord, help Eustathios, protospatharios and asekretis.