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Anonymous (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length figure of a beardless military saint, most likely George, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. No surviving inscription. Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of a bearded military saint, most likely Theodore, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left hand; no surviving inscription. Border of dots.

Obverse

Half-length figure of a beardless military saint, most likely George, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. No surviving inscription. Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of a bearded military saint, most likely Theodore, holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left hand; no surviving inscription. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1926
Diameter 18.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.17.

Bibliography

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