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A.45. Medallion of Ioannes and Dorotheos

Description: Lead medallion (0.021 diam.), pierced, probably for a suspension chain.
Text: Inscribed on both faces; there is a Greek cross below the text on the obverse.
Letters: Not described.

Date: Christian period: fourth to eighth centuries CE

Findspot: Apollonia: West Gate: on the floor of the round tower.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Presumably Apollonia Museum.

Interpretive

Obv.
Ἰωάννου
Rev.
Δωροθέου

Diplomatic

Obv.
ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ
Rev.
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003

(Obv.) Of Joannes.

(Rev.) Of Dorotheos.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: White, 1966, 261; White, 1976, 108; Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003, 112.2a, whence SEG 53.2030.5
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).