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John priest (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Michael holding a sceptre, with trefoil and globus cruciger. Inscription: Μ|ΙΧ|Α: Μιχα(ήλ). No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decorations below. No visible border.

.ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
.̅ΠΡΕΣ
ΥΤΕΡ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) [Ἰ]ω(άννῃ) πρεσβυτέρ(ῳ)

Obverse

Bust of St. Michael holding a sceptre, with trefoil and globus cruciger. Inscription: Μ|ΙΧ|Α: Μιχα(ήλ). No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decorations below. No visible border.

.ΚΕ,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
.̅ΠΡΕΣ
ΥΤΕΡ,

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ) [Ἰ]ω(άννῃ) πρεσβυτέρ(ῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.442
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1091.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ πρεσβυτέρῳ.

Lord, help your servant, the priest John.

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