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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length portrait of St George in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns; only left side remains: |Γ|Ε : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε[ώργιος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Bust of St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |ΘΕΟ||ΡΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδ(ω)ρος. Border of dots.

Obverse

Half-length portrait of St George in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns; only left side remains: |Γ|Ε : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε[ώργιος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Bust of St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |ΘΕΟ||ΡΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδ(ω)ρος. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1833
Diameter 15.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.32.

Bibliography

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