Alexios patrikios, imperial protospatharios and droungarios tou ploimou (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Along the circumference, within a border of dots, a circular inscription beginning with a cross at seven o'clock:
κ̣ε̣̣ο̣η̣θ̣ε̣ι̣τσλο
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο
Obverse
A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Along the circumference, within a border of dots, a circular inscription beginning with a cross at seven o'clock:
κ̣ε̣̣ο̣η̣θ̣ε̣ι̣τσλο
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο
Reverse
Inscription of four lines (presumably beginning with a cross). Border of dots.
̣λεΞιο
πσπ
κργρ
τπλοι.
Ἀλεξἰο π(ατρικίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) κ(αὶ) δρουγαρ(ίῳ) τοῦ πλοΐ[μ(ου)]
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5243 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Condition | Chipped and corroded. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο Ἀλεξἰο πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγαρίῳ τοῦ πλοΐμου.
Lord, help your servant Alexios, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and droungarios of the fleet.