John apo eparchon and embolator (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type I); in the quarters: ΙΩ|Α: Ἰωάννῃ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type I); in the quarters: ΙΩ|Α: Ἰωάννῃ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ
Reverse
Cruciform monogram, reading ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων; in the quarters: ΕΜΒΟΛ|ΑΤ|ΟΡΟ|Σ: (καὶ) ἐμβολάτορος. Wreath border.
ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων καὶ ἐμβολάτορος
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.878 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων καὶ ἐμβολάτορος.
Theotokos, help John apo eparchon and embolator.
Commentary
According to Philip Mayerson, the embolator (ἐμβολάτωρ) was an official responsible for depositing monetary payments in the state bank: see "The Embolator in sixth/seventh-century papyri," Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 46 (2009) 139-43.