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Constantine imperial spatharios and xenodochos (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on one step. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΣΤ
ΝΤΗΝ,
ΘΑΡΕ
Χ

Κω(ν)στ[α]ντήνῳ β(ασιλικῷ) [σπα]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) ξε[νοδ]ώχῳ

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on one step. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΣΤ
ΝΤΗΝ,
ΘΑΡΕ
Χ

Κω(ν)στ[α]ντήνῳ β(ασιλικῷ) [σπα]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) ξε[νοδ]ώχῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.913
Diameter 17.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κωνσταντήνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ξενοδώχῳ.

Constantine, imperial spatharios and xenodochos.