Byzantine Treasures

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gold necklace.jpg
Three sections of a Gold necklace. Materials: sapphires, emeralds, cornelians and pearls. Period:...
Ornament (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Ornament (Gammadion and Segmentum) from a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century. Mat...
Pair of Tapestry Woven Square Dress Ornaments.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pair of Tapestry Woven Square Dress Ornaments. Egyptian (Coptic). Period: Early Byzantine, circa:...
The Lion of Knidos-1.jpg
The Lion of Knidos, Museum Description: Colossal marble statue of a recumbent lion; carved with i...
Priests and Ekklesiekdikoi.jpg
Virgin Mary (right) and Emperor Justinian (left), holding between them a model of the church of H...
Lamp for a Stand, Early Byzantine-.jpg
Lamp for a Stand, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 5thC-7thC. Found/Acquired: Damanhûr, Nile Delta....
Silver Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Silver Coin of Alexander the Great. Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. (reverse) Zeus ...
Enkolpion with Crucifixion, Busts of the Virgin, St. John and Two Saints.png
Enkolpion with Crucifixion, Busts of the Virgin, St. John and Two Saints. Period: Early Byzantine...
Roman mosaic panel of Eros.png
4th century Roman mosaic panel of Eros, a circus chariot rider of the Red Fraction. From Tunisia....
Enkolpion with Enthroned Virgin, Nativity, Adoration and Baptism.png
Enkolpion with Enthroned Virgin, Nativity, Adoration and Baptism, Period: Early Byzantine, circa:...
Oval cameo.jpg
Oval cameo of glass paste, with a representation of St Dimitrios. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa...
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337).png
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337), Material: Gold.  The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
Base for a Cross-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Base for a Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 11th century. Made in Constantinople. Materials...
Gold Earring; Cyprus, Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine (6thc-7thc), one of a pair crescent-shaped loop. Found: Lam...
Mosaic Panel.JPG
Mosaic Panel. Period: Early Byzantine;  circa: Late 6th – early 7th century. Findspot: Ista...
Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 539–50, Materials: Gold...
Gold coin. Tiberius III.jpg
Gold coin. Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 705-711; Mint...
Gold Leaf-Shaped Pendant.jpg
Leaf-shaped pendant in opus interrasile embossed and chased with a foliate design. Period: Early ...
Book Cover with a Cross Flanked by Cypress Trees.png
Book Cover with a Cross Flanked by Cypress Trees, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: Mid 6th Century...
Gold Earring; Square.jpg
Gold Earring; Square; on one face a cheque of triangular groups of pellets, above an animal’...
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