Bronze medaillon: Holy Rider, Greek text

PP-ID:

PP-5723

Classification:

medallion

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn210

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn210

Material:

bronze

Date:

5th–6th c. AD (J. Franek)

Iconography:

rider, holy; rider spearing the evil; tunic; mantle; nimbus; spear; horse; female figure; lying posture; arms tied; star

Circular bronze medallion, chipped, with suspension perforation.

Side A: Holy Rider, nimbate, spearing a female demon trampled under the hooves of his horse. The demon’s hands are bound; her lower body segmented, resembling a worm-like appendage. To the right of the rider’s head, a star. Along the edge, a semicircular Greek inscription: εισθεοσονικωντκα → εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν τ[ὰ] κα<κά>. ‘One God conquering evil’.
Side B: Plain.

J. Franek
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Unpublished.

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2025.08.16 12:59:04

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