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Anonymous kensor (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Decorations above and below. Border of dots.

  
κεν
σρι
οθη
  

κένσωρι δόθη

Reverse

Inscription of three lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

  
τηνχ̣
ρινθε
λογε
  

τὴν χάριν, Θεοῦ Λόγε

Obverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Decorations above and below. Border of dots.

  
κεν
σρι
οθη
  

κένσωρι δόθη

Reverse

Inscription of three lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

  
τηνχ̣
ρινθε
λογε
  

τὴν χάριν, Θεοῦ Λόγε

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3270
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1099.

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

Translation

κένσωρι δόθη τὴν χάριν, Θεοῦ Λόγε.

Bestow your grace upon the kensor, Word of God.