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Anonymous (twelfth/thirteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

St George in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|Γ̣|Ε|,Γ|Ι|Ο|Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ(ρ)γιος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

St Theodore in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Θ|Ε||ΡΟ̣|.|Σ̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεώδορ[ο]ς. Border of dots.

Obverse

St George in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: ̣|Γ̣|Ε|,Γ|Ι|Ο|Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ(ρ)γιος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

St Theodore in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Θ|Ε||ΡΟ̣|.|Σ̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεώδορ[ο]ς. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1807
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.61.

Commentary

The ΡΟ in the second line of the right-hand inscription are in reversed position.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 7: The Iconographic Seals (Open in Zotero)