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Anonymous (thirteenth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length figure of St George in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: .|Γ̣Ρ|ΓΙ, : [ὁ ἅγιος] Γ(εώ)ργι(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Stephen the Younger, holding a small cross in his right hand, his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: ̣|̣|̣|Φ̣|Α|Ο||Ε|Ο|Σ: ὁ (ἅγιος) Στέφαν(ος) ὁ Νέος. Border of dots.

Obverse

Half-length figure of St George in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: .|Γ̣Ρ|ΓΙ, : [ὁ ἅγιος] Γ(εώ)ργι(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Stephen the Younger, holding a small cross in his right hand, his left hand is indistinct. Inscription in two columns: ̣|̣|̣|Φ̣|Α|Ο||Ε|Ο|Σ: ὁ (ἅγιος) Στέφαν(ος) ὁ Νέος. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3524
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.86.

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)