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The central, fluted roundel (‘print’) with a parcel-gilded inner ring inscribed in Greek  + ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΥ, ‘of Stephanos’, or ‘belonging to Stephanos’.   Comparisons with other pieces suggest a 4th-century date for this large charger, a date which is indirectly corroborated by the absence of control stamps on it, a feature which first occurs during the reign of Emperor Zeno (r. 474 - 475 and 476 – 491)

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