Byzantine Treasures

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Silver Coin, Cilicia.jpg
Museum Description: “Silver coin.(obverse) Head of Athena right, wearing earring and creste...
Cross with Pearls-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross with Pearls, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200–1400. Materials: Gold and pearls. On view ...
Pearl, Tourmaline, Glass, Coral and Bronze Beads.JPG
Quantity of pearl, tourmaline, glass, coral and bronze beads, once attached no doubt to cloth. Pe...
pendant gold.jpg
Pendant; material: gold; hollow box building; in the form of a bent leaf; obverse chased and conv...
coin; Manuel I Comnenus.jpg
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 1143-118...
Textile fragment.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Coptic Textile fragment, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th–6th century A.D. Object Place: Egypt....
Stone Relief, Military Saints Dimitrios and Theodoros.jpg
Relief from the exterior ornamentation of a church at Amaseia in the Pontos. Materials: stone, Pe...
Mosaic of Venus and Tritons-1.jpg
Mosaic of Venus and Tritons, Period: Late Roman; circa: 4th c.; Materials: stone. Dimensions: Hei...
Bronze Key.jpg
Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...
Solidus of Constans II--1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Solidus of Constans II, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 651–654. Minted in: Constantinople. Mater...
Gold Earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Gold Earring; semi-circular; with U-shaped loop to which is attached a similarly shaped thin plat...
Icon with Christ Pantokrator-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with Christ Pantokrator, Period: 11th–12th century, Middle Byzantine. Material: Ivory. Dimen...
The Descent into Limbo.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
Saint Luke.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Saint Luke, Byzantine Manuscript, cutting from a Greek Bible. Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–...
Bronze Brooch, Early Byzantine.jpg
Brooch, in the form of a dove. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6thc-7thc. Material: Bronze . Brit...
Fragment of a Necklace Consisting of Eight Coins.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Fragment of a Necklace Consisting of Eight Coins, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: Between 637 and...
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus (Giver of Blessings) Hanging  Early Byzantine.png
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus, Period: Early Byzantine, First half of 6th Century. The museum is ...
Gold Finger Ring; Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Finger Ring; Early Byzantine. (6thc-7thc) Slender hoop and applied oval bezel engraved with ...
Square Segmentum (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Square Segmentum, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Type of art work: Textile, Materia...
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio (2).jpg
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. Materials: Garnet with gold...
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