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Anna strategissa (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of a military saint (likely St Niketas on the basis of the sigla visible). Traces of an inscription on either side: .|ν̣|ι̣.|..|α : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι[κήτ]α(ς). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

θκ̅ε̣..
ννσ
τρτη
Γ̣η̣σ̣̣

Θ(εοτό)κε [β(οή)θ(ει)] Ἄννᾳ στρατήγησᾳ

Obverse

Bust of a military saint (likely St Niketas on the basis of the sigla visible). Traces of an inscription on either side: .|ν̣|ι̣.|..|α : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νι[κήτ]α(ς). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

θκ̅ε̣..
ννσ
τρτη
Γ̣η̣σ̣̣

Θ(εοτό)κε [β(οή)θ(ει)] Ἄννᾳ στρατήγησᾳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4321
Diameter 22.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἄννᾳ στρατήγησᾳ.

Mother of God, help Anna, strategissa.