Eustathios Galenos, ostiarios (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, orans, with the medallion of Christ before her chest. Sigla to both sides: Μ̄Θ̄: Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, orans, with the medallion of Christ before her chest. Sigla to both sides: Μ̄Θ̄: Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
θκε.
ευσταθ
οστιαρ,
τγαλι
ν
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)[θ(ει)[ Εὐσταθ(ίῳ) ὀστιαρ(ίῳ) τῷ Γαλινῷ
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1159 |
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Diameter | 13.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Εὐσταθίῳ ὀστιαρίῳ τῷ Γαλινῷ.
Theotokos, help Eustathios Galenos, ostiarios.
Commentary
According to Laurent in his unpublished catalogue of the Shaw collection, this family name is quite rare in this period, only becoming common in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.