Anonymous (mid-eleventh century)
Obverse
Archangel Michael standing on a suppedion, wearing the imperial loros and holding a trefoil scepter in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. Sigla: Χ|ΑΧ|ΜΗ : Ἀ(ρ)χ(άγγελος) Μηχ(αὴλ). Border of dots.
Obverse
Archangel Michael standing on a suppedion, wearing the imperial loros and holding a trefoil scepter in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. Sigla: Χ|ΑΧ|ΜΗ : Ἀ(ρ)χ(άγγελος) Μηχ(αὴλ). Border of dots.
Reverse
St George standing, in civil costume, holding a small cross in his right hand, his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: Ο̣|Α|ΓΙ|Ο,ΓΕ|Ρ|ΓΙ|Ο|Σ : ὁ ἅγιο(ς) Γεώργιος. Border of dots.
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3488 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 7, 12.19. |
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)