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John ...lonites, protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, asekretis, and imperial notarios of the vestiarion (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John Chrysostom offering a blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription: |ι̅|ο.|.|τ.|μ. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ [Χρυσόσ]τ[ο]μ[ο(ς)]. No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

.κε̅,θ,
.̅σπθ,
.πιτ,γ̅κλ
..κρητνο
.ρι,τε
.τιρ,τ
.λονιτ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) [ἐ]πὶ τ(οῦ) Χρ(υσο)(τρι)κλ(ίνου), ἀ[ση]κρῆτ(ις) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) νο[τ]αρί(ῳ) τοῦ βε[σ]τιαρ(ίου) τῷ ...λονιτ(ῃ)

Obverse

Bust of St. John Chrysostom offering a blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription: |ι̅|ο.|.|τ.|μ. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ [Χρυσόσ]τ[ο]μ[ο(ς)]. No border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

.κε̅,θ,
.̅σπθ,
.πιτ,γ̅κλ
..κρητνο
.ρι,τε
.τιρ,τ
.λονιτ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) [ἐ]πὶ τ(οῦ) Χρ(υσο)(τρι)κλ(ίνου), ἀ[ση]κρῆτ(ις) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) νο[τ]αρί(ῳ) τοῦ βε[σ]τιαρ(ίου) τῷ ...λονιτ(ῃ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1319
Diameter 21.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ βασιλικῷ νοταρίῳ τοῦ βεστιαρίου τῷ ...λονιτῃ.

Lord, help John ...lonites, protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, asekretis and imperial notarios of the vestiarion.