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Nikephoros proedros and praitor of the Anatolikoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans with the medallion of Christ on her breast. Sigla: ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ [Θεοῦ]. Border of tight dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No border visible.

.....
ΚΗΦΟΡΟ
ΟΕΔΡ
ΡΑΙΤΡ,
ΝΑΝΑΤ
ΛΙΚ,

[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νι]κηφόρο [πρ]οέδρῳ (καὶ) [π]ραίτωρ(ι) [τ]ῶν Ἀνατ[ο]λικῶ(ν)

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans with the medallion of Christ on her breast. Sigla: ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ [Θεοῦ]. Border of tight dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No border visible.

.....
ΚΗΦΟΡΟ
ΟΕΔΡ
ΡΑΙΤΡ,
ΝΑΝΑΤ
ΛΙΚ,

[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νι]κηφόρο [πρ]οέδρῳ (καὶ) [π]ραίτωρ(ι) [τ]ῶν Ἀνατ[ο]λικῶ(ν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1486
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.38. Cf. Lihačev, IZIGI, Appendix, p. VII, no. 15.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρο προέδρῳ καὶ πραίτωρι τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Mother of God, help Nikephoros, proedros and praitor of the Anatolikoi.

Bibliography

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