Niketas, metropolitan of Athens

Obverse

Theotokos (seated, holding Christ on her lap) sigla

Reverse

Text 6 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / ῾Η τῶν Χερουβὶμ τιμιωτέρα μόνη | σκέποις ᾿Αθηνῶν τὸν πρόεδρον Νικήταν

Mother of God. / You who alone are more worthy than the Cheroubim, may you protect Niketas, metropolitan of Athens (metrical)

Diameter: 23

Date: 12th c. (beginning)

Seals

  • Lichacev collection 0
  • Greece, unknown collection 0

Published

  • Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 100
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 601