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Sisinnios bishop (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram. In the angles of the cruciform, inscription: ΣΩ|.Λ.. No border visible.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. No border visible.

ΣΙΣΙΝ..
ΥΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠΟΥ
ΑΜΗ.

Σισινίου ἐπισκόπου ἀμήν

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram. In the angles of the cruciform, inscription: ΣΩ|.Λ.. No border visible.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. No border visible.

ΣΙΣΙΝ..
ΥΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠΟΥ
ΑΜΗ.

Σισινίου ἐπισκόπου ἀμήν

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4623
Diameter 16.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1856.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σισινίου ἐπισκόπου ἀμήν.

Theotokos, help your servant Sisinnios bishop, amen.

Commentary

The last word in the reverse inscription is uncertain; it is set below the rest of the inscription and only partially preserved. However, it seems to contain the word "Ἀμήν".

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