Nestor, man of the emperor Doukas (type 1)
Obverse
Theotokos (bust, turned to medallion of Christ above L) sigla, with invocation at circ.
Reverse
St Nestor (L) and St Demetrios (R) standing, vertical inscriptions, with text at circ.
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νέστορι / τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἄνακτος τοῦ Δούκα. | Νέστωρ, Δημήτριος
Mother of God. | Theotokos, aid your servant Nestor, / man of the emperor Doukas. | Nestor, Demetrios
Diameter: 21
Date: ca. 1068-1071, certainly before 1073
Seals
- DO 58.106. 4713 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- Oikonomides, Dated Seals no. 95
- Jordanov, Corpus II p. 306