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Kyriakos monk and synkellos (eleventh century)

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Accession number BZS.1958.106.173
Diameter 22 mm

Obverse

Faint bust of St. John the Baptist. On the right, the sigla: | : Ὁ ἄγιος Πρόδρομος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

κεΘ
ΚΥΡΙΑΚΟ
ΑΧΣΥΓ
ΚΕΛΛΩ

Κύριε βοήθει Κυριακό μοναχῷ καὶ συγκέλλῳ

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Κυριακό μοναχῷ καὶ συγκέλλῳ.

Lord, help Kyriakos monk and synkellos.