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Anonymous (thirteenth/fourteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

The Virgin orans with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

St Demetrios in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Ι|ΙΤ|ΡΙ|Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Διμίτρι(ο)ς. Border of dots.

Obverse

The Virgin orans with a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.

Reverse

St Demetrios in military costume holding a lance in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Ι|ΙΤ|ΡΙ|Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Διμίτρι(ο)ς. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4387
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 10.122.

Bibliography

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