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Staurakios, imperial spatharokandidatos (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ̣|Δ̣Λ̣ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

.ΤΑ̣Υ̣Ρ̣Α̣
Κ̣ΙΒ'σπα
Θ̣ΑΡΚΑΝ
Δ̣ΙΔΑ'

[Σ]ταυρακίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρωκανδιδά(τῳ)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ̣|Δ̣Λ̣ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

.ΤΑ̣Υ̣Ρ̣Α̣
Κ̣ΙΒ'σπα
Θ̣ΑΡΚΑΝ
Δ̣ΙΔΑ'

[Σ]ταυρακίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρωκανδιδά(τῳ)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5377
Diameter 26.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σταυρακίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρωκανδιδάτῳ.

Mother of God, help your servant Stavrakios, imperial spatharokandidatos.