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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book with his left. Inscription in two columns: ||ΙΚ,|ΛΑ|Ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικ(ό)λαο(ς). Border of dots. 

Reverse

St John Chrysostom blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book with his left. Inscription in two columns: |Ι|Ο| : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υσό)στ(ομος). Border of dots.

Obverse

St Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book with his left. Inscription in two columns: ||ΙΚ,|ΛΑ|Ο : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικ(ό)λαο(ς). Border of dots. 

Reverse

St John Chrysostom blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel book with his left. Inscription in two columns: |Ι|Ο| : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Χρ(υσό)στ(ομος). Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5253
Diameter 19.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 7, no. 15.10.

Bibliography

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