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Anonymous (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with her hands raised before her. Sigla: ̅Θ̅Υ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Bust of the Archangel Michael, wearing the imperial loros and holding a trefoil scepter in his right hand, a globus cruciger in his left. Sigla preserved at left: ̣ : Μ(ι)[χ(αἠλ)]. Border of dots.

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with her hands raised before her. Sigla: ̅Θ̅Υ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Bust of the Archangel Michael, wearing the imperial loros and holding a trefoil scepter in his right hand, a globus cruciger in his left. Sigla preserved at left: ̣ : Μ(ι)[χ(αἠλ)]. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1839
Diameter 17.0 mm; field: 11.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 4.5.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 7: The Iconographic Seals (Open in Zotero)