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Sergios hypatos (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross and ending with a laurel. A cross below. Wreath border.

σερ
.ιυπ
τ

Σερ[γ]ίῳ ὑπάτῳ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross and ending with a laurel. A cross below. Wreath border.

σερ
.ιυπ
τ

Σερ[γ]ίῳ ὑπάτῳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2254
Diameter 29.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίῳ ὑπάτῳ.

Lord or Mother of God, help Sergios, hypatos.