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Anonymous (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

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|Ι|Τ|ΡΙ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημίτρι(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Panteleimon, possibly holding a small cross in his right hand and an uncertain object, possibly a medicine box, in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Π||Τ̣|Ε̣|̣: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Παντελ(εή)μ(ων). Border of dots.

Obverse

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|Ι|Τ|ΡΙ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημίτρι(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Panteleimon, possibly holding a small cross in his right hand and an uncertain object, possibly a medicine box, in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Π||Τ̣|Ε̣|̣: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Παντελ(εή)μ(ων). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3555
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.81.

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)