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Constantine (?) monk (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Indistinct bust of St. Theodore holding a shield. Inscription: |Θ|Ε.|Δ|Ο: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδορος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Linear border.


ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ.Δ,
κν,ταπ/
ΜΟΝΑ
Χ,

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ταπεινῷ μοναχ

Obverse

Indistinct bust of St. Theodore holding a shield. Inscription: |Θ|Ε.|Δ|Ο: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδορος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Linear border.


ΚΕ,Θ,
Τ.Δ,
κν,ταπ/
ΜΟΝΑ
Χ,

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ταπεινῷ μοναχ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4871
Diameter 15.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ταπεινῷ μοναχῷ.

Lord, help your servant, the humble monk Constantine.

Commentary

The reading of the name Constantine and the monastic epithet ταπεινὀς is tentative, but there is little doubt that the first letters of the third line on the reverse are ΚΩ.