Kosmas monk, raiktor, and proedros (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Bust of St. Peter holding a long cross. Inscription: |Π|ΕΤ|Ρ|Ο|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of St. Peter holding a long cross. Inscription: |Π|ΕΤ|Ρ|Ο|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines, a cross above. Indeterminate border.
ΚΕ̅,Θ,
ΚΟΣΜΑ
ΡΑΙΚΤ
ΡΙΟΕ
ΔΡ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Κοσμᾷ (μον)αχ(ῷ), ῥαίκτωρι (καὶ) προέδρῳ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3955 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Κοσμᾷ μοναχῷ, ῥαίκτωρι καὶ προέδρῳ.
Lord, help the monk Kosmas, raiktor, and proedros.
Commentary
The combination of these three offices requires some examination: while raiktors are occasionally clerics, his title of proedros is peculiar: perhaps he is an early eleventh-century proedros, with the office of presidency of the senate, or indeed, a bishop (as proedros means in some instances).