Bassos/Saborios (sixth/seventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, facing, nimbate. In fields to l. and r., crosses. Seemingly, on her chest is Christ with nimbus. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, facing, nimbate. In fields to l. and r., crosses. Seemingly, on her chest is Christ with nimbus. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Indeterminate border.
- β - ι - ρ - σ - ω
Βάσσῳ/Σαβωρίῳ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.255 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm |
Translation
Βάσσῳ/Σαβωρίῳ.
(Theotokos, help) Bassos/Saborios.
Commentary
The reverse monogram clearly reads as a name in the dative; it can simply read as Βάσσῳ, using the four easily apparent letters, or Σαβωρίῳ, finding a Ρ in the Β.