Probos illoustrios (sixth/seventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with the Christ child before her. Crosses on either side. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with the Christ child before her. Crosses on either side. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Indeterminate border.
β - ι - λ - ο - π - ρ - σ - τ - υ
Πρόβου ἰλλουστρίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3453 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Translation
Πρόβου ἰλλουστρίου.
(Seal of) Probos illoustrios.
Commentary
The reading is admittedly conjectural, but Probos illoustrios seems the most likely reading of the monogram, if we accept that the Τ is found within the Π and the Ρ within the Β.