Isaakios (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Half preserved image of St. George, nimbate, with his left hand holding a shield balanced on the ground. Inscription visible in a column to the right: Γ|Ε|ΩΡ|ΓΙ|ΟΣ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Half preserved image of St. George, nimbate, with his left hand holding a shield balanced on the ground. Inscription visible in a column to the right: Γ|Ε|ΩΡ|ΓΙ|ΟΣ: ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
σον
ισαακι.
νστεφα..
φορεσκ.
ποισ
Σὸν Ἰσαάκιον στεφανοφόρε σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1283 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Translation
Σὸν Ἰσαάκιον στεφανοφόρε σκέποις.
May you, crowned in triumph, protect your (servant) Isaakios.
Commentary
In his unpublished catalogue of the Shaw catalogue, Laurent calls the thirteen-syllable metrical inscription on the reverse hypermetric. On the other hand, the extra syllable could be eliminated by synizesis in the two Α's of Ἰσαακίου.