Byzantine Treasures

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Bronze Counterpoise weight.jpg
Counterpoise weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th c. Material: Bronze. British Museum is c...
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations.png
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations, Period: Middle Byzantine, 2nd half of 11th Century...
Plate with the Arming of David.jpg
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plate with the Arming of David, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 629–630, Material: Silver, Made i...
Harness Ornaments-Late Roman (1).jpg
Harness Ornaments. Period: Late Roman; circa: 200–400. Geography: Made in Thrace (possibly). The ...
Ring of Leontios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
polycandelon.jpg
Polycandelon in the form of a pierced disk with openwork cross and nine circular perforations; Pe...
Circular Pendant with Double Solidus of Constantine I.png
Circular Pendant with Double Solidus of Constantine I, Period:  Early Byzantine, Materials: gold....
Earring with Emerald and Sapphire.png
Earring with Emerald and Sapphire,  Period: Early Byzantine circa: early 5th century. Size: 6.5 (...
Gold Cross.jpg
Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
Bracelet-3.jpg
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Bracelet, Period: Late Roman circa: 379 – 395 A.D. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: 1.4 × 6.3 cm (...
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...
Priests and Ekklesiekdikoi.jpg
Virgin Mary (right) and Emperor Justinian (left), holding between them a model of the church of H...
Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Silver coin of Alexander the Great; Greek; Date: 323BC-280BC; Kingdom of Macedonia, Minted in: An...
mosaic pavement.jpg
Mosaic Pavement; Period: Late Roman; circa: 4th c.; Excavated/Place: Halicarnassus, Modern Turkey...
Fragment of a Large Hanging (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Large Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century, Made in: Egypt. Materia...
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio (2).jpg
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. Materials: Garnet with gold...
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...
Saint Luke.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: late 13th century. Place (created): Consta...
Bronze Signet Ring.jpg
Bronze Signet Ring,  Period: Early Byzantine, high circular bezel rudely engraved in intaglio wit...
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