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Medal - Martyrdom of Saints Sergius and Bacchus
| Location | Syria |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a relief icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus depicted as mounted soldiers carrying standards, rendered in the style of a traditional Eastern icon. The design is encircled by a Kufic Arabic frieze and an inner band bearing a Syriac legend in Estrangela script (Psalm 116:15). The dates 297 and 1997 appear in the lower exergue flanked by crosses. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Syriac |
| Reverse lettering | كنيسَة الشهَادة الرصافة - سورية رأيت تحت المذبح نفوس الذين ذبحوا في سبيل كلمة الله والشهادة التي شهدوها (رؤ 6-9) (Translation: Martyrdom Church Resafa - Syria "I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained" (Revelation 6-9)) |
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