Ananias (sixth/seventh century)
Obverse
Bust of Christ, bearded, with nimbus cruciform. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Indeterminate border.
- - ι - ν - ν
Ἀνανίᾳ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.200 |
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Diameter | 11.0 mm |
Translation
Ἀνανίᾳ.
(Seal of) Ananias
Commentary
Both the α (vertically) and the ν (horizontally) are mirrored in the reverse monogram creating symmetry and completing the four arms of the cross. Other possibilities for the monogram include the less common Ἀννιανοῦ (Annanianos), or Ἰουλιανοῦ (Julian)--made less likely by the duplication of the Ν instead of the insertion of an explicit Λ.