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John hypatos and protonotarios of Thessalonica (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription along a border of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣ....

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ [δού(λῳ)]

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΙΑΝ,
ΥΠΑΤ
Α/ΝΟΤ,ΘΕΣ
ΣΑΛΟΝ

Ἰωάν(νῃ) ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτ(αρίῳ) Θεσσαλον(ίκης)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription along a border of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣ....

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ [δού(λῳ)]

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΙΑΝ,
ΥΠΑΤ
Α/ΝΟΤ,ΘΕΣ
ΣΑΛΟΝ

Ἰωάν(νῃ) ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτ(αρίῳ) Θεσσαλον(ίκης)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.243
Diameter 26.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 18.54.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ ὑπάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης.

Lord, help your servant John hypatos and protonotarios of Thessalonica.

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