Theodore? (sixth/seventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, facing, nimbate and wearing maphorion, with medallion of Christ with nimbus cruciform before her. Inscription preserved at right: ΘΥ: [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, facing, nimbate and wearing maphorion, with medallion of Christ with nimbus cruciform before her. Inscription preserved at right: ΘΥ: [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Indeterminate border.
ε - θ - ρ - ω
Θεοδώρου ?
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3417 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοδώρου
(Seal of) Theodore.
Commentary
The blank was too small for the die used. We have proposed what seems the most reasonable reading based on the letters visible.