Ring, Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th c. Ring with busts of saints on the shank and a representation of the Annunciation on the bezel with details picked out in niello. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament.
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Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook. This Byzantine steelyard weight d...
Hexagonal Censer with Christ, Peter and Paul, Period: Early Byzantine, circa Mid 6th Century A.D....
British Museum
Leaf-shaped pendant in opus interrasile embossed and chased with a foliate design. Period: Early ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This medallion of Christ is from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel ...
Marriage Belt, Period: Early Byzantine, circa Late 6th-to-early 7th century A.D. Material: Gold. ...
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565, Minted in: Constantinople. Material: Gold. Diameter: w. 1...
British Museum
Counterpoise weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th c. Material: Bronze. British Museum is c...
Pendant Cross, Material: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. The Cleveland Art Museum Hou...
Busts of Two Emperors, Period: Roman, Circa: Late 3rd-early 4th century, Material: Chalcedony on ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Evangelist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 110...
British Museum
Silver Dish; Period: Early Byzantine. 6th.c.(late) on a shallow foot; the centre decorated with E...
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
Fragment with Running Figure, Materials: tapestry; linen and wool, Period: Early Byzantine circa:...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Peter from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: ca. 1100, Made in...
Crescent-Shaped Earring, Materials: Gold filigree with cloisonné enamel. Period: Middle Byzantine...
British Museum
Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; consisting of a tower-like ornament attached to a gold cha...
Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine, ca. 527 – 565 A.D. Materials: silver and niello. The mus...
Portrait of an official, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: Late 5th–early 6th century A.D. ...
Pair of Kolti with Sirens, Period: Middle Byzantine Period, ca. 843-1204 AD. Late 11th-12th Centu...
British Museum
Copper alloy weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 4thC-5thC. Quare with convex profile & c...