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Basil monk and hegoumenos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil. Inscription: ||AΣ|Ι|Λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασίλ(ειος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

Α
ΣΗΛΙ
ΜΧΗΓ,
ΜΕΝ
 

Βασηλίῳ μ(ονα)χ(ῷ) (καὶ) ἡγ(ου)μέν(ῳ)

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil. Inscription: ||AΣ|Ι|Λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασίλ(ειος). Border of dots.

Reverse

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

Α
ΣΗΛΙ
ΜΧΗΓ,
ΜΕΝ
 

Βασηλίῳ μ(ονα)χ(ῷ) (καὶ) ἡγ(ου)μέν(ῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1417
Diameter 21.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1315.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Βασηλίῳ μοναχῷ καὶ ἡγουμένῳ.

Basil, monk and hegoumenos.

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