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Anonymous (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Indistinct image of a hierarch, blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book with his left, possibly Nicholas; no surviving inscription. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Indistinct image of a military saint, likely St George. Traces remain of a lance held in his right hand and possibly holding a shield in his left; only part of an illegible inscription survives at the right. Indeterminate border.

Obverse

Indistinct image of a hierarch, blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book with his left, possibly Nicholas; no surviving inscription. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Indistinct image of a military saint, likely St George. Traces remain of a lance held in his right hand and possibly holding a shield in his left; only part of an illegible inscription survives at the right. Indeterminate border.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1925
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 18.6.

Bibliography

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