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Niketas (?) scholastikos (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with the medallion of Christ in front of her. Border of dots.

Reverse

Cruciform monogram. Border of dots.

 - η - ι - κ - λ - ο -  - τ - υ - χ

Νικήτα (?) σχολαστικοῦ

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with the medallion of Christ in front of her. Border of dots.

Reverse

Cruciform monogram. Border of dots.

 - η - ι - κ - λ - ο -  - τ - υ - χ

Νικήτα (?) σχολαστικοῦ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3418
Diameter 25.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm

Translation

Νικήτα (?) σχολαστικοῦ.

(Seal of) Niketas (?) scholastikos.

Commentary

The reverse monogram clearly contains the title scholastikos; however it is unclear what name is contained in addition to that; the letter at the left clearly contains an Η, and seems to contain a Ν in ligature with it, although the diagonal middle bar of the latter is faint. If both are present, then Niketas is a very likely reading of the name. If only the former is present, the possibilities become much more numerous (any name with an Η that uses some of the other letters in the monogram, e.g. Elias).