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Anonymous (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

St Nicholas; details indistinct. Inscription in two columns: ||ΙΚ|Ο̣|Λ̣Α̣|., : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλα[ο](ς). Border of dots. 

Reverse

St Basil, blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ||ΑΣΙ̣|Λ̣̣.|Ο, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασίλε[ι]ο(ς). Indeterminate border. 

Obverse

St Nicholas; details indistinct. Inscription in two columns: ||ΙΚ|Ο̣|Λ̣Α̣|., : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλα[ο](ς). Border of dots. 

Reverse

St Basil, blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: ||ΑΣΙ̣|Λ̣̣.|Ο, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασίλε[ι]ο(ς). Indeterminate border. 

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1603
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, 15.5.

Bibliography

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