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Menas (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: ΤΩΣΩ|..ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Cruciform monogram, reading Μηνᾷ; in the quarters: ΑΜΝ. Wreath border.

Μηνᾷ Ἀμήν

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: ΤΩΣΩ|..ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Cruciform monogram, reading Μηνᾷ; in the quarters: ΑΜΝ. Wreath border.

Μηνᾷ Ἀμήν

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2839
Diameter 28.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μηνᾷ, Ἀμήν.

Theotokos, help your servant Menas, amen.

Commentary

The reverse contains a play on words: the letters of the monogram form the name Menas, but also the word Amen, which is contained within the angles of the cruciform.