Nikephoros, proedros and krites

Obverse

Theotokos (C), St Nikolaos (R), St Demetrios (L) (standing, the Theotokos with medallion in front of her) vertical inscriptions

Reverse

Text 7 lines

Σὺν μητρί, σῶτερ, μάρτυρι, θυηπόλῳ | σκέποις πρόεδρον καὶ κριτῶν Νικηφόρον

Saviour, with your mother, martyr and bishop | may you protect Nikephoros proedros and krites (or chief of the kritai) (metrical)

Diameter: 31

Date: 11th c. (last third)

Seals

  • BnF Zacos 3176
  • Sale Catalogue: Elsen 63: 1743
  • DO 55.1. 3734 Dumbarton Oaks

Published

  • Zacos II no. 638 (photograph only)
  • Wassiliou - Seibt BBÖ II p. 82, n. 373
  • Laurent, Corpus V.3 no. 1791
  • McGeer - Nesbitt - Oikonomides V no. 129. 1
  • Seibt, review of Laurent, Corpus V p. 76