Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th century. 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. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
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The Met Fifth Avenue
Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook. This Byzantine steelyard weight d...
The Met Fifth Avenue
Buckle with Garnets. Period: Early Byzantine; circa:400–500 A.D. Material: gold. Made in: Constan...
Byzantine Pectoral Cross (front and back), Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–1400 A.D. , Benaki ...
Museum of Fine Arts - Outbound, Boston, MA, United States
Ring in openwork filigree, Period: Early Byzantine circa (A.D. 550–650). Materials: Gold. The MFA...
Medal of Emperor Constantine The Great, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th century, Materials: si...
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Enkolpion with Enthroned Virgin, Nativity, Adoration; and Baptism. Period: Early Byzantine Last q...
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic- Adam and Eve, Period: late 400s-early 500s, Early Byzantium, Northern...
Earrings (pair), Period: Early Byzantine circa: 600s. Materials: gold. The Cleveland Art Museum H...
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic), Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century A.D. Materia...
British Museum
Coins; Ruler: Constantine IV; Period: Early Byzantine Period; circa: 654-685; Minted in: Sicily, ...
British Museum
Gold Coin, Ruler: Maurice Tiberius; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 582-602; Minted in: Ravenna. ...
British Museum
Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6thC-7thC; Made in: Tharros. Materials: gold; with pearl...
British Museum
Octagonal intaglio, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: He...
British Museum
Bird Figure, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6thC-7thC; Made in: Egypt. Dimensions: Height: 2.6 i...
British Museum
Pectoral cross. Material: gold; flat; with Greek inscription and dotted borders; open loop at top...
British Museum
Earring; Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 5thC-7thC. Length: 27 millimetres. Materials: gold. Brit...
British Museum
Gold Oval Pendant; embossed with a figure of the Virgin standing in the attitude of an orans wit...
British Museum
Slipper; leather; with pointed toe and thick sole with gilt borders on the upper part and the fig...
British Museum
Gold Earring, Period: Middle Byzantine. circa: 12thc. Length: 1.24 inches. British Museum is clos...
British Museum
Personal gold ornament; Period: Early Byzantine Period; circa: 6thC-7thC. Length: 8 millimetres, ...