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Anonymous (twelfth/thirteenth century)

 
 

Obverse

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

Reverse

St Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|ΙΚ̣||ΛΑ|Ο|Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικώλαος. Border of dots.

Obverse

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

Reverse

St Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book in his left. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|ΙΚ̣||ΛΑ|Ο|Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικώλαος. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4533
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 10.92.

Bibliography

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