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Leo kouboukleisios (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Panteleimon. Inscription on either side: |ΠΑΤ|ΕΛ|Μ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Πα(ν)τελ(εή)μ(ων). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ
ΟΗΘΙ
ΛΕΟΝΤ,Κ
ΚΛΗ
ΣΗΩ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθι Λέοντ(ι) κουβουκλησήῳ

Obverse

Bust of St. Panteleimon. Inscription on either side: |ΠΑΤ|ΕΛ|Μ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Πα(ν)τελ(εή)μ(ων). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕ
ΟΗΘΙ
ΛΕΟΝΤ,Κ
ΚΛΗ
ΣΗΩ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθι Λέοντ(ι) κουβουκλησήῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1202
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 152; see also Pančenko, Katalog, n. 96 (Pl. V, n. 9, photo).

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθι Λέοντι κουβουκλησήῳ.

Lord, help Leo kouboukleisios.

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