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Anonymous (twelfth/thirteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Half length of St John the Baptist, holding a cross-staff in his right hand and a closed scroll in his left. Inscription in two columns: .|Ι̅Ο|||Ο, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Πρ(ό)δ(ρ)ο(μος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Bust of St Nicholas; blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ||ΙΚ|Ο|Λ|| : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλα(ος). Border of dots.

Obverse

Half length of St John the Baptist, holding a cross-staff in his right hand and a closed scroll in his left. Inscription in two columns: .|Ι̅Ο|||Ο, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Πρ(ό)δ(ρ)ο(μος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Bust of St Nicholas; blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ||ΙΚ|Ο|Λ|| : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλα(ος). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1836
Diameter 18.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 13.9.

Bibliography

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