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John imperial protospatharios, epi ton oikeiakon and anagrapheus of the Anatolikoi (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the book. Circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.

+ΑΓΙΕΝΙΚΟΛˊˊΤ........

Ἅγιε Νικόλ(αε) β(οήθει) τ[ῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

+.ΝΝ,
.,ΣΠΘΕ
.ΙΤΟΟΙΚΙ
.ΝΓΡ
.ΤΟ.Ν
ΤΟΛΙΚ,

[Ἰ]ωάνν(ῃ) [β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) ἐ[π]ὶ το(ν) οἰκια[κ(ῶν)] (καὶ) ἀναγρα[φ(εῖ)] το(ν) Ἀνατολικ(ῶν)

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the book. Circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.

+ΑΓΙΕΝΙΚΟΛˊˊΤ........

Ἅγιε Νικόλ(αε) β(οήθει) τ[ῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

+.ΝΝ,
.,ΣΠΘΕ
.ΙΤΟΟΙΚΙ
.ΝΓΡ
.ΤΟ.Ν
ΤΟΛΙΚ,

[Ἰ]ωάνν(ῃ) [β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) ἐ[π]ὶ το(ν) οἰκια[κ(ῶν)] (καὶ) ἀναγρα[φ(εῖ)] το(ν) Ἀνατολικ(ῶν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.604
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.2.

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

Translation

Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τον οἰκιακῶν καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ἀνατολικῶν.

St. Nicholas, help your servant John, imperial protospatharios epi ton oikeakon and anagrapheus of the Anatolikoi.

Bibliography

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