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Pothos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and shield. Inscription: |θ|εο|δ||ρ : ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


τηνσ
σφραγι,
μαρτυσ
εικονα
ποθ

τὴν σὴν σφραγίζ(ω), μάρτυς, εἰκόνα Πόθ(ος)

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and shield. Inscription: |θ|εο|δ||ρ : ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


τηνσ
σφραγι,
μαρτυσ
εικονα
ποθ

τὴν σὴν σφραγίζ(ω), μάρτυς, εἰκόνα Πόθ(ος)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3779
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

Translation

τὴν σὴν σφραγίζω, μάρτυς, εἰκόνα Πόθος.

I, Pothos, put your image, martyr, on my seal.

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