Token (?) (seventh century)
Obverse
Block monogram; Θ and Β above monogram indicating invocation. Indeterminate border.
ΘΒ
β - ε - ι - μ - ο - ρ - υ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει . . .?
Obverse
Block monogram; Θ and Β above monogram indicating invocation. Indeterminate border.
ΘΒ
β - ε - ι - μ - ο - ρ - υ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει . . .?
Reverse
Cross flanked below by letter to l. and letter to r. Indeterminate border.
Ε-Υ
εὐλογία
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.320 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει N. (?). εὐλογία
Theotokos, help N. (?). Blessing.
Commentary
This is not a seal: there is no channel and the discs have a 6 o'clock relationship. Additionally both sides are quite strange. The obverse is seemingly unresolvable and may actually contain two B's, though one may be an E; neither option offers a solution.