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Peter bishop (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St George. Vertical inscriptions: Ο|Α|Γ,Γ̣Ε|̣ΡΓ̣|ΙΟΣ: ὁ ἅγ(ιος) Γεώργιος. Within a linear border, a circular inscription:

ΚΕΤΣΔΛ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription in three lines with decorations above and below. Linear border.

 · 
ΠΕΤΡΟ
ΣΕΠΗΣΚ
ΠΟΣ
 · 

Πέτρος ἐπήσκωπος

Obverse

Bust of St George. Vertical inscriptions: Ο|Α|Γ,Γ̣Ε|̣ΡΓ̣|ΙΟΣ: ὁ ἅγ(ιος) Γεώργιος. Within a linear border, a circular inscription:

ΚΕΤΣΔΛ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription in three lines with decorations above and below. Linear border.

 · 
ΠΕΤΡΟ
ΣΕΠΗΣΚ
ΠΟΣ
 · 

Πέτρος ἐπήσκωπος

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1286
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 1003.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Πέτρος ἐπήσκωπος.

Lord, help your servant. The bishop Peter.

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