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Niketas Kostomyres (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla on either side: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with a cross above. Indeterminate border.


ΘΚ̅Ε,Θ,
ΝΙΚΙΤΑ
ΚΟΟΜΙ
ΡΗ

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικίτᾳ Κοστομίρῃ

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla on either side: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with a cross above. Indeterminate border.


ΘΚ̅Ε,Θ,
ΝΙΚΙΤΑ
ΚΟΟΜΙ
ΡΗ

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικίτᾳ Κοστομίρῃ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1131
Diameter 17.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικίτᾳ Κοστομίρῃ.

Mother of God, help Niketas Kostomyres.

Commentary

Several seals in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, listed below, bear the same name and may have belonged to the same individual. Cf. Jordanov, Corpus II, p. 239; see PBW : Niketas 20275.

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