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Sisinnios patrikios and hypostrategos (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type I); a cross in each quarter. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΣΙΣΙΝ
ΙΠΤΡ
ΙΚΙSΥΠ
ΟΣΤΡΤ
Η.

Σισινίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ ὑποστρατή[γ]ῳ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type I); a cross in each quarter. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΣΙΣΙΝ
ΙΠΤΡ
ΙΚΙSΥΠ
ΟΣΤΡΤ
Η.

Σισινίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ ὑποστρατή[γ]ῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.908
Diameter 30.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Σισινίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ ὑποστρατήγῳ.

Mother of God, help Sisinnios, patrikios and hypostrategos.