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Anonymous (twelfth century, first half)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length portrait of Saint Theodore in military costume, holding a lance with his right hand and a shield with his left. Inscription in two columns: |Θ|Ε̣Ο|Δ̣||Ρ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length portrait of Saint Demetrios in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left; worn. Inscription in two columns (only left survives): | : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δ[ημήτριος]. Border of dots.

Obverse

Half-length portrait of Saint Theodore in military costume, holding a lance with his right hand and a shield with his left. Inscription in two columns: |Θ|Ε̣Ο|Δ̣||Ρ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length portrait of Saint Demetrios in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left; worn. Inscription in two columns (only left survives): | : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δ[ημήτριος]. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1834
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.45.

Bibliography

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