Byzantine Treasures

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Theodore Kastamonites, sebastos, Seal.jpg
Seal, Theodore Kastamonites, Sebastos.  The two Saints Theodore standing with their hands upraise...
Earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Earring; Period: Middle Byzantine; 11thc.-12thc.  Material: gold. British Museum is closed 24, 25...
icon with St Nicholas.jpg
Small  icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
Vollschmelz Medallion.jpg
Vollschmelz medallion (9th Century – Middle Byzantine Period). Gold cloisonné; bust of St. ...
Icon with the Deesis.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Deesis, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: mid-900s. Material: Ivory. Dimensions: Ove...
Bloodstone Cameo with Saint George.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Bloodstone Cameo with Saint George. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000-1100s. Material: bloods...
Icon with Christ Pantokrator-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with Christ Pantokrator, Period: 11th–12th century, Middle Byzantine. Material: Ivory. Dimen...
12th Century Byzantine Tunic.jpg
The Kunsthistorisches Museum
Tunic from Palermo; Blue and red velvet, gold embroidery, gold appliqués with cloisonné enamel an...
Bronze Counterpoise weight.jpg
Counterpoise weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th c. Material: Bronze. British Museum is c...
Solidus of Maurice Tiberius.png
The Cleveland Art Museum
Solidus of Maurice Tiberius, 583-602, Material: gold, Diameter: w. 2.2 cm (13/16 in.). The Clevel...
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 10th century. Materi...
Lamp for suspension-2.jpg
Lamp for suspension; Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 4thc-5thc. Materials: Brass; the curved hand...
Brick with a Dog's Paw Print.JPG
Brick with a Dog’s Paw Print. Period: Middle Byzantine; Findspot: Istanbul. Material: ceram...
Bronze Signet Ring.jpg
Bronze Signet Ring,  Period: Early Byzantine, high circular bezel rudely engraved in intaglio wit...
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565.png
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565, Minted in: Constantinople. Material: Gold. Diameter: w. 1...
Bowl with Hunting Scene  Early Byzantine.png
Bowl with Hunting Scene, Period: Early Byzantine, 5th Century A.D. Material: silver. The museum i...
Veil Embroidered with Gold Thread.jpg
Veil Embroidered with Gold Thread. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: end of the 13th or beginning of...
gold necklace byzantium.jpg
Gold necklace with sapphires, amethysts, emeralds and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine. Place/Find...
Intaglio; Late Byzantine.jpg
Octagonal intaglio, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: He...
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great (obverse) Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. Date: 32...
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