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Anonymous (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

St George in military costume holding a lance in his left hand and a shield in his right. Inscription in two columns: |Γ||Ω̣Γ|Ι|ΟΣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|Θ||̣||Ο, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεώδωρο(ς). Border of dots.

Obverse

St George in military costume holding a lance in his left hand and a shield in his right. Inscription in two columns: |Γ||Ω̣Γ|Ι|ΟΣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|Θ||̣||Ο, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεώδωρο(ς). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3538
Diameter 15.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.13.

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)