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Plato apo eparchon (seventh/eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Eagle with open wings, with head turned to right; above, cruciform invocative monogram (type I). Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

πλατ
ωνιαπ
οεπαρ
χων

Πλάτωνι ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων

Obverse

Eagle with open wings, with head turned to right; above, cruciform invocative monogram (type I). Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Wreath border.

πλατ
ωνιαπ
οεπαρ
χων

Πλάτωνι ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων

Accession number BZS.1947.2.569
Diameter 25.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Πλάτωνι ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

Theotokos, help Plato apo eparchon.