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Gregory skeuophylax (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Cross on three steps. Circular inscription, illegible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in three lines with cross below. Border of dots.

ΓΡΗ
Γ.Ι
ΣΚΕΥΟ

Γρηγωρίῳ σκευοφύλακι

Obverse

Cross on three steps. Circular inscription, illegible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in three lines with cross below. Border of dots.

ΓΡΗ
Γ.Ι
ΣΚΕΥΟ

Γρηγωρίῳ σκευοφύλακι

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3032
Diameter 19.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1109.

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

Translation

. . . Γρηγωρίῳ σκευοφύλακι.

[Lord or Theotokos, help] the skeuophylax Gregory.

Commentary

The obverse inscription likely contained an invocation.

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