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Anonymous (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

St George, in civil costume, holding a small cross in his right hand; his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: |Γ|Ε̣|Ρ|Γ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

St Niketas, in civil costume, holding a small cross in his right hand; his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: Ν|Ι|ΚΗ|Τ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Νικήτ(ας). Border of dots.

Obverse

St George, in civil costume, holding a small cross in his right hand; his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: |Γ|Ε̣|Ρ|Γ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

St Niketas, in civil costume, holding a small cross in his right hand; his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: Ν|Ι|ΚΗ|Τ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Νικήτ(ας). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3523
Diameter 17.0 mm; field: 15.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.7.

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

Commentary

On St Niketas, see BZS.1955.1.1852.

Bibliography

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