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Sergios hypatos (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). No border visible.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

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

  
ΣΕΡ
ΓΙΥ
ΠΤ
  

Σεργίῳ ὑπάτῳ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). No border visible.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

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

  
ΣΕΡ
ΓΙΥ
ΠΤ
  

Σεργίῳ ὑπάτῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1468
Diameter 27.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Σεργίῳ ὑπάτῳ.

Mother of God, help Sergios, hypatos.