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Anonymous (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

St George, standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground with his left. Inscription in two columns: |ΓΕ||Γ|Η|ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργηο(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

St Theodore, standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground with his left. Inscription in two columns: |Θ̣Ε|.|Ρ|ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[ό]δωρο(ς). Border of dots.

Obverse

St George, standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground with his left. Inscription in two columns: |ΓΕ||Γ|Η|ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργηο(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

St Theodore, standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground with his left. Inscription in two columns: |Θ̣Ε|.|Ρ|ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[ό]δωρο(ς). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3526
Diameter 32.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.9.

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)