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John imperial protospatharios and epi tou eidikou logou (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A cross potent. Along the circumference an invocative inscription. Border of dots.

ειτσ

[Κύριε βοήθ]ει τῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of at least four lines, preceded (and perhaps followed) by an ornament. Border of dots.


ιαν
νηασπ.
θαρ,επ..
.υιικ.
.....

Ἰωάννῃ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) έπ[ὶ τοῦ] ίδικ[οῦ λόγου]

Obverse

A cross potent. Along the circumference an invocative inscription. Border of dots.

ειτσ

[Κύριε βοήθ]ει τῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of at least four lines, preceded (and perhaps followed) by an ornament. Border of dots.


ιαν
νηασπ.
θαρ,επ..
.υιικ.
.....

Ἰωάννῃ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) έπ[ὶ τοῦ] ίδικ[οῦ λόγου]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1256
Diameter 19.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ έπὶ τοῦ ίδικοῦ λόγου.

Lord, help your servant John, imperial protospatharios and epi tou eidikou logou.

Commentary

The restitution of the last two words of the inscription is conjectural as there may have been an ornament on the last line, similar to the one found above the first line.