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Constantine (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Traces of epigraphy: |ν|ικο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικό[λαος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, top line missing. Border of dots.

θητ̣
ουλ
κ̅ν

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοή]θη τῷ [σῷ] δούλῳ Κων(σταντίνῳ)

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Traces of epigraphy: |ν|ικο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικό[λαος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, top line missing. Border of dots.

θητ̣
ουλ
κ̅ν

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοή]θη τῷ [σῷ] δούλῳ Κων(σταντίνῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2533
Diameter 20.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ.

Lord, help your servant Constantine.