Byzantine Treasures

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Gold Solidus of Valentinian I (364–75).jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gold Solidus of Valentinian I (364–75), Made in Nicomedia (Modern Izmit, Turkey), Material: Gold....
Sarcophagus Fragment of  Emperor Constantine the Great (?) .JPG
Sarcophagus Fragment of Emperor Constantine the Great (?) Materials: Porphyry Period: Early Byzan...
Steelyard weight.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Steelyard weight in the form of a bust of an empress, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: 5th ...
Triptych Showing the Forty Martyrs.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Triptych Showing the Forty Martyrs, Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late 11th – early 12th...
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis.jpg
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500–5...
Gold Coin, Leo III.jpg
Gold Coin. Ruler: Leo III. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 717-741. Minted in: Ravenna. Weight: ...
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations.png
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations, Period: Middle Byzantine, 2nd half of 11th Century...
Pendant cross.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pendant Cross, support for a candelabrum or incense-holder. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8th ...
Ornament (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Ornament (Gammadion and Segmentum) from a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century. Mat...
Cross of Romanos II and Basil II.png
Cross of Romanos II and Basil II, Period: Middle Byzantine, Date: 960-963. Materials: silver and ...
Gold Coin, Maurice Tiberius.jpg
Gold Coin, Ruler: Maurice Tiberius; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 582-602; Minted in: Ravenna. ...
Leaf of the Consular Diptych of Areobindus-1.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Leaf of the Consular Diptych of Areobindus, Period: Early Byzantine, Date: 506, School: Constanti...
Icon with the Deesis.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Deesis, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: mid-900s. Material: Ivory. Dimensions: Ove...
Gold Cross.jpg
Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
Portrait of an official-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Portrait of an official, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa:  Late 5th–early 6th century A.D. ...
Gold Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gold Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria, Period: Middle...
Buckle with Embossed Head in Profile-2.png
Buckle with Embossed Head in Profile, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 400-600. Materials: gold, l...
Ring of Leontios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Silver coin of Alexander the Great; Greek; Date: 323BC-280BC; Kingdom of Macedonia, Minted in: An...
Fragment of a Curtain.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Curtain, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500s. Made in: Egypt, Materials: tabby weav...
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