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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

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: ̣|Γ|Ε̣|Ρ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ(γιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Demetrios in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: .|̣|Η̣|ΤΡ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Δημ(ή)τρ(ιος). 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: ̣|Γ|Ε̣|Ρ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ(γιος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Demetrios in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: .|̣|Η̣|ΤΡ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Δημ(ή)τρ(ιος). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3540
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.35.

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)