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Philaretos hypatos (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform monogram, reading Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ; in the quarters, an inscription: ΒΟΗ|ΘΕΙ: βοήθει. Wreath border.

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ βοήθει

Reverse

Cruciform monogram, reading Φιλαρέτῳ; in the quarters, an inscription: ΥΠΑΩ: ὑπάτῳ. Wreath border.

Φιλαρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ

Obverse

Cruciform monogram, reading Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ; in the quarters, an inscription: ΒΟΗ|ΘΕΙ: βοήθει. Wreath border.

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ βοήθει

Reverse

Cruciform monogram, reading Φιλαρέτῳ; in the quarters, an inscription: ΥΠΑΩ: ὑπάτῳ. Wreath border.

Φιλαρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1458
Diameter 28.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ βοήθει Φιλαρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ.

Lord Jesus Christ, help Philaretos, hypatos.