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Niketas protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Armeniakoi (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

–  –
θ̅κ̅εR,θ,
..σδ
...ητα
α,σπαθ
–  –

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δού(λῳ) [Νικ]ήτᾳ (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

–  –
κριτη
.πιτ.π
.δ,Sτ..
αρμεν..
κν
–  –

κριτῇ [ἐ]πὶ τοῦ [Ἱ]π[π]ωδ(ρόμου) (καὶ) τ[ῶν] Ἀρμεν[ια]κῶν

Obverse

Inscription of four lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

–  –
θ̅κ̅εR,θ,
..σδ
...ητα
α,σπαθ
–  –

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δού(λῳ) [Νικ]ήτᾳ (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

–  –
κριτη
.πιτ.π
.δ,Sτ..
αρμεν..
κν
–  –

κριτῇ [ἐ]πὶ τοῦ [Ἱ]π[π]ωδ(ρόμου) (καὶ) τ[ῶν] Ἀρμεν[ια]κῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5131
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.20.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱππωδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Mother of God, help your servant Niketas, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

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