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Herakleios patrikios (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of three lines, a cross between fleurons above and below. Wreath border.

  
ΘΕΟΤ̣
ΟΚΕΒΟ
ΗΘΕΙ
  

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of three lines, a cross between fleurons above and below. Wreath border.

  
ΗΡΚΛ
ΕΙΩΠΤ
ΡΙΚΙΩ
  

Ἡρακλείῳ πατρικίῳ

Obverse

Inscription of three lines, a cross between fleurons above and below. Wreath border.

  
ΘΕΟΤ̣
ΟΚΕΒΟ
ΗΘΕΙ
  

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of three lines, a cross between fleurons above and below. Wreath border.

  
ΗΡΚΛ
ΕΙΩΠΤ
ΡΙΚΙΩ
  

Ἡρακλείῳ πατρικίῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1421
Diameter 29.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos 849a (dated to the eighth century).

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἡρακλείῳ πατρικίῳ.

Mother of God, help Herakleios, patrikios.