Nikephoros Melissenos, magistros vestarches and katepano (of Cyprus ?)

Obverse

Theotokos (bust) sigla, with invocation at circ.

Reverse

Text 6 lines

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ μαγίστρῳ βεστάρχῃ καὶ κατεπάνω τῷ Μελισσηνῷ

Mother of God. Theotokos aid / Theotokos aid Nikephoros Melissenos magistros vestarches and katepano

Diameter: 21

Date: ca. 1065-1075

Seals

  • Zacos collection 0
  • IFEB 0
  • Seibt - Zarnitz 0
  • Sale Catalogue: Schulten (April 1989): 889

Published

  • Metcalf, Cyprus no. 210
  • Seibt - Zarnitz no. 1.2. 11
  • Zacos - Veglery no. 2697
  • Wassiliou - Seibt BBÖ II p. 265, n. 179