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Peter imperial protospatharios and epi tou basilikou armamentou (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Indistinct busts of two crowned figures holding a cross between them, either Saints Constantine and Helena or the reigning emperors. Remains of a circular inscription along the upper circumference. Border of dots.

ηθτσδλ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, preceded by a row of three pellets. Wreath border.

πετρο
σπθ
επητο..
ρμμ.
ντ

Πέτρο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὴ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ ἀρμαμέντου

Obverse

Indistinct busts of two crowned figures holding a cross between them, either Saints Constantine and Helena or the reigning emperors. Remains of a circular inscription along the upper circumference. Border of dots.

ηθτσδλ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, preceded by a row of three pellets. Wreath border.

πετρο
σπθ
επητο..
ρμμ.
ντ

Πέτρο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὴ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ ἀρμαμέντου

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2211
Diameter 28.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὴ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ ἀρμαμέντου.

Lord, help your servant Peter imperial protospatharios and epi tou basilikou armamentou.