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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Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
Steelyard weight in the form of a bust of an empress, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: 5th ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plate with the Arming of David, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 629–630, Material: Silver, Made i...
Paten with Cross and Inscription, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: Mid 6th Century. Materials: sil...
Sarcophagus Fragment of Emperor Constantine the Great (?) Materials: Porphyry Period: Early Byzan...
Ring with cross-shaped quatrefoil calyx bezel. Materials: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: ...
Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
British Museum
Octagonal intaglio, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: He...
Earring, Materials: Ruby, Sapphire, Gold and Gems. Period: Early Byzantine, early 5th century. F...
Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Mid-11th century. Size: 22 x 20 (8.7 x 7.9). Materia...
Chain with Pendant and Two Crosses, Materials: Gold with enamel and glass. Period: Early Byzantin...
British Museum
Bowl; circular medallion with half-figure of a nimbed saint, St Sergios. Period: Early Byzantine;...
Relief based on story of Achilles receiving his armor on the island of Skyros. Period: Early Byza...
Necklace with Pendant of Aphrodite Anadyomene, Period: Early Byzantine, circa early 7th Century. ...
Ring in Openwork Filigree, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: A.D. 550–650. Material: Gold. ...
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, 600-900 A.D. The museum is o...
Solidus of Constantinus III, Mint: Constantinople, Period: A.D. 641–668, Early Byzantine. Materia...
Medallion with a Bust of St Symeon; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 10th-11th c. Materials: gold...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Pectoral Cross. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 900s. Made in: Constantinople. Materials: gold, ...