Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 4774b | |
Title: | BRONZE DEVOTIONAL MEDAL | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 4774 | |
Object Suffix: | b | |
Description: | Pierced oval medal. | |
Decoration: | Reverse: inscribed cross, field and frame. Obverse translates to: [CRUX SACRA SIT MIHI LUX] [NON DRACO SIT MIHI DUX] [CRUX SANCTI PATRIS BEN EDICT | |
Writing: | inscribed. Obverse: six lines of abbreviated inscription, in raised letters. In vertical: C S S M L In arms: N D S M D In field: C S P B In frame: VRSNSM.V.SMQLIVB | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
Period: | Post-Medieval | |
Chronology: | cannot be earlier than 1622 CE | |
Area: | St. John's | |
Context: | NB150 P80 | |
Findspot Description: | Burial 1935-19, narthex of church, found buried with occupant of grave around neck; MF-4694 (10 buttons) found along spine. | |
Bibliography: | Williams and Zervos 1992, Hesperia 61:2, cat. 37 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: St. John's Basket: NB150 P80 |