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Eugenios/Genesios Demetrios (sixth century)

 
 

Obverse

Latin inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

γ - ε - ι - ν - ο - σ - υ

Εὐγενίου/Γενεσίου

Reverse

Block monogram (apparently in Greek). Cross in upper field of the Ν. Indeterminate border.

η
ηI

dηmηtriu

Obverse

Latin inscription in three lines. Wreath border.

γ - ε - ι - ν - ο - σ - υ

Εὐγενίου/Γενεσίου

Reverse

Block monogram (apparently in Greek). Cross in upper field of the Ν. Indeterminate border.

η
ηI

dηmηtriu

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4421
Diameter 21.0 mm

Translation

Εὐγενίου/Γενεσίου dηmηtriu.

(Seal of) Eugenios/Genesios Demetrius.

Commentary

Both the Latin and Greek names are in the genitive; it is unclear what the relationship between the two is, though it is likely that one of the two is a patronymic. The Latin name preserves the Greek etas.