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Plato hypatos (seventh century)

 
 
title

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: ΤΣ|δλ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

title

Reverse

Inscription of three lines. A cross between fleurons above and below. Wreath border.


π̣λτ
νηυ
πτ


Πλάτωνη ὑπάτῳ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: ΤΣ|δλ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines. A cross between fleurons above and below. Wreath border.


π̣λτ
νηυ
πτ


Πλάτωνη ὑπάτῳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1788
Diameter 30.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πλάτωνη ὑπάτῳ.

Lord, help your servant Plato, hypatos.