Nicholas kouboukleisios and kourator of the patriarch (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Double cross on steps with pellets jutting out from both crosses and tendrils emerging from the base. Circular inscription within a border of dots.
.......ΕΙΤΩΣΩΔΟΥΛ.
[Θεοτόκε or Κύριε βοήθ]ει τῷ σῷ δούλ[ῳ]
Obverse
Double cross on steps with pellets jutting out from both crosses and tendrils emerging from the base. Circular inscription within a border of dots.
.......ΕΙΤΩΣΩΔΟΥΛ.
[Θεοτόκε or Κύριε βοήθ]ει τῷ σῷ δούλ[ῳ]
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΝΙΚΟΛ
ΚΟΥˊΚΛ.
Σ,ΚΟΥΡΑ.
ΟΡ,ΤΟΥΠ.
ΤΡΙΑΡΧ.
Νικολ(άῳ) κουβ(ου)κλ[η]σ(ίῳ) (καὶ) κουρά[τ]ορ(ι) τοῦ π[α]τριάρχ[ου]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1482 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1622. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε/Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ κουβουκλησίῳ καὶ κουράτορι τοῦ πατριάρχου.
Mother of God / Lord, help your servant Nicholas kouboukleisios and kourator of the patriarch.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)