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Anonymous (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

The Virgin standing, holding Christ on her right arm (Dexiokratousa). Sigla: ̅Θ. : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

St Theodore, standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground with his right. Inscription in two columns (only right survives): ||Ρ|Ο|Σ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεό]δωρος. Border of dots.

Obverse

The Virgin standing, holding Christ on her right arm (Dexiokratousa). Sigla: ̅Θ. : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)[ῦ]. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

St Theodore, standing, in military costume, holding a lance in his right hand and supporting a shield on the ground with his right. Inscription in two columns (only right survives): ||Ρ|Ο|Σ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεό]δωρος. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2299
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 8.15.

Bibliography

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