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Niketas Koustas (?) (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla: Μ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεο. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΘΚ̅Ε
,Θ,ΝΙ
ΚΗΤΑ
.ΟΥ
Σ
ΤΑ

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικήτᾳ [Κ]ούστᾳ

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla: Μ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεο. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΘΚ̅Ε
,Θ,ΝΙ
ΚΗΤΑ
.ΟΥ
Σ
ΤΑ

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Νικήτᾳ [Κ]ούστᾳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2986
Diameter 16.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ Κούστᾳ.

Mother of God, help Niketas Koustas.

Commentary

The reading of the name on this seal is provisional and cannot be established with certainty until a better preserved parallel becomes known.