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Constantine priest (?), synkellos, and imperial cleric (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration below. Border of dots.

ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΛ
Κ̅Ν
·

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

.ΡΕΣ
.,ΣΥΓΚΕ
ΛΟΚΑΙ
ΚΛΗΡΙ
Κ

πρεσβυτέρῳ (?) συγκέλο καὶ βασιλικῷ κληρικ

Obverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration below. Border of dots.

ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΛ
Κ̅Ν
·

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

.ΡΕΣ
.,ΣΥΓΚΕ
ΛΟΚΑΙ
ΚΛΗΡΙ
Κ

πρεσβυτέρῳ (?) συγκέλο καὶ βασιλικῷ κληρικ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.940
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 228.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πρεσβυτέρῳ (?) συγκέλο καὶ βασιλικῷ κληρικῷ.

Lord, help your servant Constantine priest (?), synkellos, and imperial cleric.

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