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Nikephoros Kampanares (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription on either side: |Ν|..|Ο|Λ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ν[ικ]όλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration above and below. Border of dots.

  
ΚΕ̅,.
ΝΙΚΗΦ.
Ρ,ΤΚΜ
ΠΝΡ
  

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Νικηφ[ό]ρ(ῳ) τῷ Καμπανάρ(ῃ)

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription on either side: |Ν|..|Ο|Λ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ν[ικ]όλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration above and below. Border of dots.

  
ΚΕ̅,.
ΝΙΚΗΦ.
Ρ,ΤΚΜ
ΠΝΡ
  

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Νικηφ[ό]ρ(ῳ) τῷ Καμπανάρ(ῃ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.100
Diameter 30.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ τῷ Καμπανάρῃ.

Lord, help Nikephoros Kampanares.