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The metropolitan of . . . (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding the Child in her right arm. Sigla on both sides: ̅θυ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Vertical inscription: Η|Ο|ΞΙ|Α. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Wreath border.

ΤΟΙΕΡΟ
ΤΑΤΩΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ
. . .
. . .

το ἱεροτάτῳ μητροπολίτῃ . . .

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding the Child in her right arm. Sigla on both sides: ̅θυ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Vertical inscription: Η|Ο|ΞΙ|Α. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Wreath border.

ΤΟΙΕΡΟ
ΤΑΤΩΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ
. . .
. . .

το ἱεροτάτῳ μητροπολίτῃ . . .

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2814
Diameter 27.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

το ἱεροτάτῳ μητροπολίτῃ . . .

The most holy metropolitan . . .