Nikolaos, metropolitan of Myra

Obverse

Theotokos (bust) sigla, with text at circ.

Reverse

St Nikolaos bust, vertical inscriptions, with text at circ.

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Σκέπε, Δέσποινα, προέδρῳ τῶν Μυρέων / σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ [...]. / ῾Ο ἅγιος Νικόλαος

Mother of God. | Protect, Lady, the metropolitan of Myra / your servant Nikolaos [...]. | St Nikolaos (metrical, second line incomplete)

Diameter: 12

Date: 11th-12th c.

Seals

  • France (private collection) 0

Published

  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 508