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Anonymous (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with her hands raised before her. Sigla presrved at right: ̣̅ : Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Bust of Saint Nicholas, blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|.|. – Κ̣|Ο̣|Λ̣, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Νι]κόλ(αος).

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with her hands raised before her. Sigla presrved at right: ̣̅ : Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Bust of Saint Nicholas, blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|.|. – Κ̣|Ο̣|Λ̣, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Νι]κόλ(αος).

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1796
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 4.11.

Bibliography

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