A.distinguishing mark, device, badge, Hdt.1.195; badge or bearing on a shield, v.l. in Id.9.74; ensign or flag (or figurehead) of a ship, Id.8.88, cf. Hp.Ep.17; device on a coin, Plu.Thes.6; on a signet, SIG2588.3 (Delos, ii B.C.); serial number, PPetr.3p.203 (iii B.C.); ἐπίσημα, τά, hieroglyphics, OGI56.64 (Canopus, iii B.C.).
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