Byzantine Treasures

Brick with a Dog’s Paw Print. Period: Middle Byzantine; Findspot: Istanbul. Material: ceram...

Necklace; Materials: Glass and Amber Beads, mall bone cross and a blue faience figure of Bes. Per...

Lamp and Stand, Period: Early Byzantine, 4th century. Materials: Silver. 9.2 x 16 x 7 cm (3 9/16 ...

Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...

Portrait of an official, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa:  Late 5th–early 6th century A.D. ...

Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...

Hyperpyron, Ruler: Alexius I, Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Between 1092 and 1118. Material: g...

Plate with Cross and Greek Inscription ‘Hope of God’, Period: Early Byzantine, 7th ce...

Base for a Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 11th century. Made in Constantinople. Materials...

Rooster Lamp, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century. Purchased from Fouad Alouf (dealer...

Solidus of Constans II, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 651–654. Minted in: Constantinople. Mater...

Lamp for a Stand, Period: Early Byzantine. Material: Bronze.  Found: Egypt. In the shape of a pea...

Silver Coin, Period: 5th. century B.C. 480BC-460BC (circa). Minted in Lycia, Anatolia, Modern Tur...

Square Segmentum with Two Birds, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 400s – 500s; Made in: Egyp...

Enkolpion with Enthroned Virgin, Nativity, Adoration; and Baptism. Period: Early Byzantine Last q...

Pair of Tapestry Woven Square Dress Ornaments. Egyptian (Coptic). Period: Early Byzantine, circa:...

Plate with a Tigress Attacking an Ibex, Eastern Mediterranean, Material: Silver. Period: Early By...

Opening of Gospel of Matthew. Period: Middle Byzantine. 1063 A.D. The museum is open to the publi...

The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: early 9th century, Made in Const...

Paten with Christogram and Repousse Border, Period: Early Byzantine, circa Mid 6th Century. Mater...