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Johanna (wife of) the imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakon (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A patriarchal cross. Along the circumference, a circular inscription. Border of dots.

εοηθ,τησηδ

[Κ(ύρι)]ε βοήθ(ει) τῇ σῇ δ(ούλῃ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ιν
..σπ
.Ṣεπιτο
.οικικ

Ἰωάν[νᾳ] β(ασιλικῇ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ(αρίσσῃ)] (καὶ) ἐπὶ το[ν] οἰκιακ(ῶν)

Obverse

A patriarchal cross. Along the circumference, a circular inscription. Border of dots.

εοηθ,τησηδ

[Κ(ύρι)]ε βοήθ(ει) τῇ σῇ δ(ούλῃ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ιν
..σπ
.Ṣεπιτο
.οικικ

Ἰωάν[νᾳ] β(ασιλικῇ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ(αρίσσῃ)] (καὶ) ἐπὶ το[ν] οἰκιακ(ῶν)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3905
Diameter 19.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῇ σῇ δούλῃ Ἰωάννᾳ βασιλικῇ πρωτοσπαθαρίσσῃ καὶ ἐπὶ τον οἰκιακῶν.

Lord, help your servant Johanna, (wife of) the imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakon.