Niketas, anthypatos patrikios, vestes and hetaireiarches, 11th century. Seal (Lead, 30 mm, 17.71 g, 12 h). +KЄ R,Θ, / TⲰ CⲰ ΔU, / NIKHTA / ANΘV’ΠA/T, in five lines; above and below, decorations. Rev. ΠPIKIⲰ / RECTH S / ЄTAIPЄI/APXH in four lines; above and below, decorations. Unpublished in the standard references. Some doubling on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


As hetaireiarches, Niketas was the commander of a hetaireia, an imperial bodyguard regiment whose members were usually recruited among foreigners.