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John apo hypaton (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

A saint (perhaps St. John) standing between two cypress trees. Above his right shoulder in the upper left of the field, the image of Christ within a cruciform nimbus. No traces of epigraphy. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΕΟ
ΤΟΚΕΒΟ
Η̣ΘΗ̣Ι̣Ν
.ΙΠΟΥΠ
..ΟΝ̣

Θεοτόκε βοήθη Ἰωάννι ἀπὸ ὑπ[άτ]ον

Obverse

A saint (perhaps St. John) standing between two cypress trees. Above his right shoulder in the upper left of the field, the image of Christ within a cruciform nimbus. No traces of epigraphy. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΕΟ
ΤΟΚΕΒΟ
Η̣ΘΗ̣Ι̣Ν
.ΙΠΟΥΠ
..ΟΝ̣

Θεοτόκε βοήθη Ἰωάννι ἀπὸ ὑπ[άτ]ον

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3336
Diameter 27.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθη Ἰωάννι ἀπὸ ὑπάτον.

Theotokos, help John apo hypaton.