Nikephoros Kastamonites, protokouropalates
Obverse
Unidentified military saint (standing) vertical inscriptions
Reverse
Text 6 lines
᾿Αθλοφόρε σκέποις με <σὸν> Νικηφόρον / πρωτοκουροπαλάτην τὸν Κασταμονίτην
Martyr, may you protect me, <your> Nikephoros / Kastamonites, protokouropalates (metrical, but neither line has 12 syllables: (a) was corrected by Laurent, (b) may have been designed for a 4-syllable family name [Sode 2002, pp. 169-170])
Diameter: 25
Date: 12th c. (2nd half)
Seals
- Athens (Konstantopoulos) 390
Published
- Schlumberger, Sigillographie p. 669, no. 1
- Konstantopoulos, Nom. Mous. no. 390
- Laurent, Bulles métriques no. 15
- Stavrakos no. 115
- Katsaros, Kastamonites p. 149, no. 28
- Wassiliou - Seibt BBÖ II p. 117, n. 583