Medallion, intact.

Side A: In the upper register, to the left, a nimbate angel; to the right, a rider on a donkey (or a horse?), with a cross halo over the rider’s head and a cross in his hand. To the right of the rider, an eight-pointed star and a cross. Between the angel’s and rider’s heads, a circle with a dot inside (possibly representing the sun?), flanked by two six-pointed stars. Although sometimes conflated with the Holy Rider spearing a female demon, it is more likely that the rider represents Jesus, and the scene depicts his entry into Jerusalem. In the lower register, below a vertical line representing the ground, the trishagion in two lines, written in mirror writing from right to left: αγιοσαγιο|σαγιοσ → ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος. ‘Holy, holy, holy’, cf. Isaiah 6:3: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.’
Side B: Plain.

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Unpublished.

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