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Stephen monk (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Theologian, offering a blessing and holding the Gospel. Inscription: |Ι̅ΟΘ|ΕΟ|Λ,: ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
ΣΤΕΦΑ
ΝΟΑ͂Χ͂

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στεφάνο μοναχ

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Theologian, offering a blessing and holding the Gospel. Inscription: |Ι̅ΟΘ|ΕΟ|Λ,: ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
ΣΤΕΦΑ
ΝΟΑ͂Χ͂

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στεφάνο μοναχ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.382
Diameter 22.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στεφάνο μοναχῷ.

Lord, help your servant Stephen the monk.