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Menelaos vestitor (sixth/seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Monogram. Letters visible: ΕΛΜΝ : Μενελάου. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines. Wreath border.

ΒΕΣ
ΤΙΤΟ
ΡΟΣ

βεστίτορος

Obverse

Monogram. Letters visible: ΕΛΜΝ : Μενελάου. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines. Wreath border.

ΒΕΣ
ΤΙΤΟ
ΡΟΣ

βεστίτορος

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1452
Diameter 28.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Μενελάου βεστίτορος.

(Seal of) Menelaos, vestitor.

Commentary

The reading of the monogram on the obverse is provisional but it does account for all the letters visible.