Byzantine Treasures

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Gold Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great (obverse) Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. Date: 32...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros.png
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
Textile fragment.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Coptic Textile fragment, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th–6th century A.D. Object Place: Egypt....
Earrings (pair), 600s, Byzantium.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Earrings (pair), Period: Early Byzantine circa: 600s. Materials: gold. The Cleveland Art Museum H...
The Lion of Knidos-1.jpg
The Lion of Knidos, Museum Description: Colossal marble statue of a recumbent lion; carved with i...
Oval Pendant, Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Oval Pendant; embossed with a figure of the Virgin  standing in the attitude of an orans wit...
pendant gold.jpg
Pendant; material: gold; hollow box building; in the form of a bent leaf; obverse chased and conv...
Gold Earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Earring; Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 10thC-12thC. Materials: gold. British Museum is closed 2...
Plate with a tigress attacking an ibex-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plate with a Tigress Attacking an Ibex, Eastern Mediterranean, Material: Silver. Period: Early By...
Stone Relief, Military Saints Dimitrios and Theodoros.jpg
Relief from the exterior ornamentation of a church at Amaseia in the Pontos. Materials: stone, Pe...
Oval cameo.jpg
Oval cameo of glass paste, with a representation of St Dimitrios. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa...
Gold coin, Michael II the Amorian.jpg
Gold coin, Ruler: Michael II the Amorian, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 820-829, Minted in: It...
Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin and Christ Pantokrator-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin and Christ Pantokrator, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa...
Enkolpion.png
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Enkolpion with the Crucifixion (front) and Saints Theodore and George (back), silver gilt and clo...
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:...
Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor.jpg
Coin, Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; circa: 705-711; Minted in: Ravenna. Weight: 4.309 g...
Chalice-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Silver Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century A.D. Dimensions: Height (max.): 18 cm...
Ring of Leontios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
Pair of Loop Earrings; Gold.jpg
Pair of Loop Earrings; Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine. 6thC-7thC. Subjects: Cross, Peac...
Earring with Emerald and Sapphire.png
Earring with Emerald and Sapphire,  Period: Early Byzantine circa: early 5th century. Size: 6.5 (...
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