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Anonymous (eleventh century, first half)

 
 

Obverse

St John the Baptist, blessing with his right hand and holding a cross-staff in his left. Inscription in two columns (only left remains): |Ι̣̣̅|Ο̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ [Πρόδρομος]. 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: |ΘΕ|ΟΔ||Ο, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Border of dots.

Obverse

St John the Baptist, blessing with his right hand and holding a cross-staff in his left. Inscription in two columns (only left remains): |Ι̣̣̅|Ο̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ [Πρόδρομος]. 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: |ΘΕ|ΟΔ||Ο, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5059
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 13.10.

Bibliography

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