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Niketas notarios (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Niketas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription preserved at left: |ν|ικ̣|η̣|τ̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικήτ(ας). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. A cross of dots above and below. Border of dots.

  
ke̅,
Θ,
ṭs,
ṇikht
notρ,
  

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Νικήτᾳ νοταρ(ίῳ)

Obverse

Bust of St Niketas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription preserved at left: |ν|ικ̣|η̣|τ̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικήτ(ας). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. A cross of dots above and below. Border of dots.

  
ke̅,
Θ,
ṭs,
ṇikht
notρ,
  

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) Νικήτᾳ νοταρ(ίῳ)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4724
Diameter 23.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ νοταρίῳ.

Lord, help your servant Niketas, notarios.