Byzantine Treasures

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Theodore Kastamonites, sebastos, Seal.jpg
Seal, Theodore Kastamonites, Sebastos.  The two Saints Theodore standing with their hands upraise...
Mosaic of Venus and Tritons-1.jpg
Mosaic of Venus and Tritons, Period: Late Roman; circa: 4th c.; Materials: stone. Dimensions: Hei...
Gold coin of Manuel I Comnenus-2.jpg
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; circa: 1143-1180; Minted in: Constantinop...
cross early byzantium.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Cross, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century, Materials: golad and garnet. Dimensions: ...
Altar Cloth or Podea-1.jpg
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Altar Cloth or Podea. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: late 14th century. Made in: probably Greece ...
St John the Baptist.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Icon, St John the Baptist. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: Early 14th century. Place: Byzantium, A...
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic.jpg
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic- Adam and Eve, Period: late 400s-early 500s, Early Byzantium, Northern...
Medallion with Christ from an Icon Frame-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This medallion of Christ is from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel ...
Reliquary Cross; Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Middle Byzantine-2.jpg
Reliquary Cross; Materials: Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Period: Middle Byzantine (10thc.) Made in:...
Cross with Busts of Christ and Saints.jpg
Pectoral cross with busts of Jesus Christ and saints, silver-gilt. On the reverse, the engraved i...
Silver Coin, Cilicia.jpg
Museum Description: “Silver coin.(obverse) Head of Athena right, wearing earring and creste...
Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 10th century, Material...
Gold coin of Leontius II.jpg
Gold coin. Ruler: Leontius II; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 695-698; Minted in: Rome. British ...
Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Silver coin of Alexander the Great; Greek; Date: 323BC-280BC; Kingdom of Macedonia, Minted in: An...
Solidus of Justinian I-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Solidus of Justinian I, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 552–565 A.D. Minted in: Ravenna, Material...
gold ring.jpg
Ring, Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th c. Ring with busts of saints on th...
Saint Luke.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: late 13th century. Place (created): Consta...
Horse and Lion Hanging  Early Byzantine.png
Horse and Lion Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine, 6th century A.D. Materials: wool and linen. The ...
ivory panel byzantium.jpg
Ivory Panel, carved with standing figures, Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John, below a pierc...
Mosaic Panel.JPG
Mosaic Panel. Period: Early Byzantine;  circa: Late 6th – early 7th century. Findspot: Ista...
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