Symeon Ouranos, judge (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the book. Along the circumference, a circular invocation. Border of dots.
αγιενικο,οηθει
Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the book. Along the circumference, a circular invocation. Border of dots.
αγιενικο,οηθει
Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
κριτη
συμεν
ουραν
τσλα
τρη
κριτῇ Συμεὼν Οὐρανῷ τῷ σῷ λάτρῃ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3897 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm |
Translation
Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει κριτῇ Συμεὡν Οὐρανῷ τῷ σῷ λάτρῃ.
St. Nicholas, help the judge Symeon Ouranos, your servant.
Commentary
The inscription on the reverse forms a dodecasyllabic verse that completes the (non-metrical) invocation on the obverse.