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Christodoulos chartoularios and episkeptites (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a spear over his right shoulder and a shield with his left hand. Epigraphy on either side: |γ|ε|ρ|γ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

σο̣τε̣ρ
σοσονχρι
στολ
χτ̅επισ
κεπτιτ,

Σοτερ, σοσον Χριστοδούλῳ χ(αρ)τ(ουλαρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπισκεπτίτ(ῃ)

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a spear over his right shoulder and a shield with his left hand. Epigraphy on either side: |γ|ε|ρ|γ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

σο̣τε̣ρ
σοσονχρι
στολ
χτ̅επισ
κεπτιτ,

Σοτερ, σοσον Χριστοδούλῳ χ(αρ)τ(ουλαρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπισκεπτίτ(ῃ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.95
Diameter 22.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Σῶτερ, σῶσον Χριστοδούλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ἐπισκεπτίτῃ.

Saviour, grant salvation to Christodoulos, chartoularios and episkeptites.

Commentary

Note the unusual ligature combining ΠΤΙ in the last line of the reverse.