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John hypatos, chrysepsetes, and archon of the blattion (730-731)

 
 

Obverse

A cross potent mounted on a globe and two steps. It stands between two emperors wearing a crown and chlamys and holding an akakia in their right hands. On either side, a vertical inscription. In the lower field, the indiction year.

ι|||ν|ν|η.|π||τ|

ιδ

Ἰνδικτιὼν ιδ'

Ἰωάννῃ πάτῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded by a cross (not preserved here but evident from other parallels) and followed by a small cross between tendrils. Wreath border.

..υ
σεψητη
ρχοντ
ητουΒλ
ττιου


χρυσεψητῇ καὶ ἄρχοντη τοῦ βλαττίου

Obverse

A cross potent mounted on a globe and two steps. It stands between two emperors wearing a crown and chlamys and holding an akakia in their right hands. On either side, a vertical inscription. In the lower field, the indiction year.

ι|||ν|ν|η.|π||τ|

ιδ

Ἰνδικτιὼν ιδ'

Ἰωάννῃ πάτῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded by a cross (not preserved here but evident from other parallels) and followed by a small cross between tendrils. Wreath border.

..υ
σεψητη
ρχοντ
ητουΒλ
ττιου


χρυσεψητῇ καὶ ἄρχοντη τοῦ βλαττίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.662
Diameter 35.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos-Veglery, no. 241; Laurent, Corpus II, no. 649; Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 31.

Translation

Ἰνδικτιὼν ιδ᾽ Ἰωάννῃ πάτῳ, χρυσεψητῇ καὶ ἄρχοντη τοῦ βλαττίου.

Indiction 14. John hypatos, chrysepsetes, and archon of the blattiou.

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