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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length figure of St George in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Γ|Ε| – Ρ̣||ΟΣὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε[ώ]ργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left.  Inscription in two columns: |Θ|Ε|Ο – Δ|Ρ|ΟΣὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδ(ω)ρος. Border of dots.

Obverse

Half-length figure of St George in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Γ|Ε| – Ρ̣||ΟΣὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε[ώ]ργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length figure of St Theodore in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left.  Inscription in two columns: |Θ|Ε|Ο – Δ|Ρ|ΟΣὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδ(ω)ρος. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2176
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 16.63.

Bibliography

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