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Athenogenes priest (?) (sixth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

.ΘΗ
.ΟΓΕ
.Σ

Ἀθηνογένους

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. No visible border.

Π..
ΥΤΕ

πρεσβυτέρου?

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

.ΘΗ
.ΟΓΕ
.Σ

Ἀθηνογένους

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. No visible border.

Π..
ΥΤΕ

πρεσβυτέρου?

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3255
Diameter 22.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Ἀθηνογένους πρεσβυτέρου (?).

(Seal of) Athenogenes priest (?).

Commentary

It is likely that the reverse reads πρεσβυτέρου, but the seal is so worn that the reading cannot be at all certain.