Nicholas imperial spatharokandidatos (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the Gospels. Faint traces of epigraphy at left: |ν|ικ|ο|λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the Gospels. Faint traces of epigraphy at left: |ν|ικ|ο|λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines (presumably beginning with a cross). Border of dots.
ke̅,θ,
.σ.
.ικολ.
.παθ,κ.
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ούλ(ῳ) Ν]ικολ(άῳ) [β(ασιλικῷ) σ]παθ(αρο)κ[αν]δ(ι)δ(άτῳ)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.986 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Condition | Imprinted only in the center. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ.
Lord, help your servant Nicholas, imperial spatharokandidatos.