Kosmas (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (?); in the quarters: .Σ.: τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (?); in the quarters: .Σ.: τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.
ΟΣ
.ΔΟ.
ΛΧΡΙ
ΤΟΥ
Κοσμᾷ δούλῳ Χριστοῦ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3693 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κοσμᾷ δούλῳ Χριστοῦ.
Theotokos, help your servant Kosmas, servant of Christ.
Commentary
Kosmas calls himself a "servant of Christ," which may indicate his job in some way--perhaps he is a priest or a monk or may merely indicate his piety; unfortunately, this is too general of a phrase to interpret satisfactorily