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Anonymous (eleventh 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 (only right survives): Ε̣|̣|Ρ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γ]εώρ(γιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|Θ̣̣|Ο̣Δ|ΟΡ|Ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδορο(ς). 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 (only right survives): Ε̣|̣|Ρ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γ]εώρ(γιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|Θ̣̣|Ο̣Δ|ΟΡ|Ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδορο(ς). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3537
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.15.

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)