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Anonymous (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

The Virgin orans with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). 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: ̣|Θ̣Ε̣|Δ̣Ο̣|̣Ο̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεώδορο(ς). Indeterminate border.

Obverse

The Virgin orans with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). 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: ̣|Θ̣Ε̣|Δ̣Ο̣|̣Ο̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεώδορο(ς). Indeterminate border.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1911
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 10.115.

Bibliography

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