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Arsenios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Inscription: μ̣ρθ̣υ̣̅Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΗΣΑΡ
ΣΕΝΙ

σφραγὴς Ἀρσενίου

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Inscription: μ̣ρθ̣υ̣̅Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΗΣΑΡ
ΣΕΝΙ

σφραγὴς Ἀρσενίου

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2755
Diameter 19.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

σφραγὴς Ἀρσενίου.

Seal of Arsenios.