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Dositheos hypatos (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

ΔΟ
ΣΙΘΕ
Υ.Τ


Δοσιθέῳ ὑ[π]άτῳ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

ΔΟ
ΣΙΘΕ
Υ.Τ


Δοσιθέῳ ὑ[π]άτῳ

Accession number BZS.1947.2.594
Diameter 29.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Δοσιθέῳ ὑπάτῳ.

Theotokos, help your servant Dositheos, hypatos.