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Anastasios butcher (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: Σ|.λ̣̣ . Indeterminate border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ] σῷ [δ]ούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

̣Ν̣̣
σι
μκε̣
...Ρ̣

Ἀνα[στ]ασίου μακε[λλα]ρ[ίου]

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: Σ|.λ̣̣ . Indeterminate border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ] σῷ [δ]ούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

̣Ν̣̣
σι
μκε̣
...Ρ̣

Ἀνα[στ]ασίου μακε[λλα]ρ[ίου]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2555
Diameter 29.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Ἀναστασίου μακελλαρίου.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant. (Seal of) Anastasios, butcher.