Pothos Argyros, magistros (eleventh century)
Obverse
St. Michael standing, holding the sceptre and globus. Details obscure. Along the circumference, an inscription beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.
ΘΙΤΣΟΟΥ.
[... βοή]θι τῷ σο δού[λ(ῳ)]
Reverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
ΠΟΘ̣
ΜΑΓΙΣ̣Τ̣
ΡΟΤ̣ΑΡ
ΓΥΡΟ
Πόθῳ μαγίστρο τῷ Ἀργυρο
Obverse
St. Michael standing, holding the sceptre and globus. Details obscure. Along the circumference, an inscription beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.
ΘΙΤΣΟΟΥ.
[... βοή]θι τῷ σο δού[λ(ῳ)]
Reverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
ΠΟΘ̣
ΜΑΓΙΣ̣Τ̣
ΡΟΤ̣ΑΡ
ΓΥΡΟ
Πόθῳ μαγίστρο τῷ Ἀργυρο
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.904 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | J.-C. Cheynet, "Par Saint Georges, par Saint Michel," TM 14 (2002), 129-30; J.-C. Cheynet, J.F. Vannier, "Les Argyroi," ZRVI 40 (2003), no. 24. |
Translation
[... βοή]θι τῷ σο δού[λ(ῳ)] Πόθῳ μαγίστρο τῷ Ἀργυρο.
[Commander of the heavenly host], help your servant, the magistros Pothos Argyros.
Commentary
Cheynet proposes that the owner may have been a son of the Basil Argyros who sided with Isaac Komnenos' rebellion in 1057.