Nikephoros metropolitan (or priest?) of Adrianoupolis (eleventh century)
Obverse
Saints Peter (left) and Paul standing in profile; St Peter with head raised toward a small bust of Christ in upper field, and holding a long cross while extending left arm toward Christ, a gesture repeated by St Paul, who holds a book. Vertical inscriptions: |Π|Ε|ΤΡ|Ο,|Π|.|.|. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Πέτρο(ς) / ὁ ἅ(γιος) Π[αῦλ(ος)]. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Saints Peter (left) and Paul standing in profile; St Peter with head raised toward a small bust of Christ in upper field, and holding a long cross while extending left arm toward Christ, a gesture repeated by St Paul, who holds a book. Vertical inscriptions: |Π|Ε|ΤΡ|Ο,|Π|.|.|. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Πέτρο(ς) / ὁ ἅ(γιος) Π[αῦλ(ος)]. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines with decoration above, final letter between two bars. Border of dots.
ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡ,
...ΚΕΜΟΝ
..ΗΝΘΥΤΗΝ
..ΣΑΔΡΙΑΝ
....ΑΠΟΣΤΟ
ΛΟΙΣΣΚΕ
Π
Νικηφόρ(ον) [σὸν] κὲ μον[αστ]ὴν (καὶ) θύτην [τῆ]ς Ἀδριανοῦ [σοῖς] Ἀποστόλοις σκέπ(ε)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1005 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 44.11. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 719. Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1482. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Νικηφόρον σὸν κὲ μοναστὴν καὶ θύτην τῆς Ἀδριανοῦ σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις σκέπε.
(Christ), with your Apostles watch over Nikephoros, Thy monk and metropolitan of Adrianoupolis.
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Commentary
Two twelve-syllable verses.