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Isaac Komnenos (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

The Nativity scene with at least eight figures. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΚΕΟ
ΗΘΤΣ
ΔΛΙΣΑΑ
ΚΙΤΚΟ
ΜΝΗΝ.

Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰσαακίῳ τῷ Κομνην[ῷ

Obverse

The Nativity scene with at least eight figures. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΚΕΟ
ΗΘΤΣ
ΔΛΙΣΑΑ
ΚΙΤΚΟ
ΜΝΗΝ.

Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰσαακίῳ τῷ Κομνην[ῷ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1166
Diameter 26.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰσαακίῳ τῷ Κομνηνῷ.

Mother of God, help your servant Isaac Komnenos.