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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Τhe Virgin orans. Sigla: ̅Υ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

St George in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Γ||ΡΓ|ΟΣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ι)ος. Border of dots.

Obverse

Τhe Virgin orans. Sigla: ̅Υ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

St George in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Γ||ΡΓ|ΟΣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ι)ος. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3472
Diameter 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, 5.76. 

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Bibliography

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