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Anonymous (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

A military saint standing between two patriarchal crosses. Details indistinct. No sigla or border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning (and presumably ending) with a cross. Thin wreath border.

θε
οτοκ
.βοη
θη

Θεοτόκ[ε] βοήθη

Obverse

A military saint standing between two patriarchal crosses. Details indistinct. No sigla or border visible.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning (and presumably ending) with a cross. Thin wreath border.

θε
οτοκ
.βοη
θη

Θεοτόκ[ε] βοήθη

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1905
Diameter 24.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθη.

Mother of God, lend Thy aid.