Nikephoros, monk and metropolitan of Adrianople
Obverse
St Petros (L), St Paulos (R), Christ above (standing saints, bust of Christ) vertical inscriptions for saints
Reverse
Text 6 lines
῾Ο ἅγιος Πέτρος. | ῾Ο ἅγιος Παῦλος. / Νικηφόρον με καὶ μοναστὴν καὶ θύτην | τῆς ᾿Αδριανοῦ σὺν ἀποστόλοις σκέπε
St Petros. | St Paulos. / Me, Nikephoros, monk and metropolitan (priest) | of the city of Hadrian, protect me with the apostles (metrical)
Diameter: 26
Date: 11th c.
Seals
- Fogg 1005 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- Nesbitt - Oikonomides I no. 44. 11
- Seibt, review of Nesbitt - Oikonomides I p. 549
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 719