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Zenonianos spatharius (sixth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform monogram. Wreath border.

α - ζ - η - ι - ν - ο - υ - ω

Ζηνωνιάνου

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

SP

R.

sptthariu

Obverse

Cruciform monogram. Wreath border.

α - ζ - η - ι - ν - ο - υ - ω

Ζηνωνιάνου

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

SP

R.

sptthariu

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1874
Diameter 27.0 mm

Translation

Ζηνωνιάνου sptthariu.

(Seal of) Zenonianos spathariu.

Commentary

The word spatharius is definitively written in Latin on the reverse, however with a strange misspelling: what appears to be either a T or a J is written at the end of the first line in the place of an A.