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Icon of Saint George, Byzantine,from the village of Pskov, Russia. The panel was used as the shutter of a barn window. Overpainted several times, the 14th century icon was finally uncovered by museum custodians. Saint George on a black horse is rare and accounts for the icon's popular name of "Black George". M&ME 1986,6-3,1
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Icon of Saint George, Byzantine,from the village of Pskov, Russia. The panel was...

Ivory leaf diptych with relief of Byzantine Empress Ariane. around 500 CE.
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Ivory leaf diptych with relief of Byzantine Empress Ariane. around 500 CE.

The evangelists of Cappadocia: Saint Gregory Nazianus, Saint John Chrysostomus, Saint Basil the Great.
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The evangelists of Cappadocia: Saint Gregory Nazianus, Saint John Chrysostomus,...

Sardonyx cup mounted in silver.
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Sardonyx cup mounted in silver.

Gold medallion showing Constantine the Great (306-337) striking enemies. Constantine adopted Christianity as the official state religion.Inscription "GLORIA CONSTANTINI AUG." CM RO244 (PCR 1302)
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Gold medallion showing Constantine the Great (306-337) striking enemies. Consta...

Gold solidus of Justinian I.,minted at Constantinople, 527-565. Justinian's general Belisarius recaptured Rome and Ravenna from the Ostrogoths and Carthage from the Vandals. There was a brief revival of imperial authority under Justinian and coins were issued in Italy and surrounding Germanic kingdoms. CM BMC Justinian 5
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Gold solidus of Justinian I.,minted at Constantinople, 527-565. Justinian's gene...

Gold solidus of Empress Irene (797-802). She was the first woman to rule in her own name, calling herself "basileus" (emperor), and "basilissa" on her gold coins, with her image on either side. CM 1852-9-3-35
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Gold solidus of Empress Irene (797-802). She was the first woman to rule in her...

Gold hyperperon of Emperor Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine (1143-80). The distinctive form of Byzantine coinage was "dished" in form, to give one concave side and one convex. On this side of the hyperperion is the image of the Emperor holding orb and sceptre, with the hand of God crowning him. CM 1918-5-3-18
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Gold hyperperon of Emperor Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine (1143-80). The distinctive...

Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This reverse of the cross depicts the Virgin Mary standing with her hands before her chest in an attitude of prayer. To her right is a bust of Saint Basil the Great, to her left a bust of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus. The enamel is "Senkschmelz", "sunken enamel" and the colours are a rich mixture of translucent blues, greens and browns with opaque white, blacks, blues and reds. From the Great Palace in Constantinopel. M&ME, 1965,6-4.1
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Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This reverse of the cro...

0310000083 Silver spoon from the first Cyprus treasure, Byzantine, c600 AD. Spoon embossed with a running ram on the bowl; one of a set of eleven. The pear-shaped bowl is engraved on the underside with a foliate pattern, and attached by means of a disc to an elaborate baluster handle. The animals probably alluded to the hunt, and would have been an entertaining and appropriate subject for high-status domestic cutlery. The tradition of decorating the spoons of bowls with floral patterns, inscriptions, and occasionally animals, goes back to the fourth and fifth centuries but none of the earlier examples have such beautiful detail. This example formed part of the first hoard of silver found at the ancient site of Lambousa in Cyprus, near the modern village of Lapithos. M&ME, 1899,4-25,23
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0310000083 Silver spoon from the first Cyprus treasure, Byzantine, c600 AD. Spo...

0310000093 Gold and enamel reliquary cross, Byzantine, early 11th century.This is a view of the closed pendant. The reverse of the pendant depicts the Virgin Mary with St Basil the Great and St Gregory Thaumaturgus. This small pendant has been found on the site of the Great Palace at Constantinople.ME, 1965,6-4,1
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0310000093 Gold and enamel reliquary cross, Byzantine, early 11th century.This...

St Demetrius, soldier saint, within a gold and enamel pendant reliquary, Byzantine, 13th century. St Demetrius lying in his shrine in the church of his name at Thessaloniki. The enamelled panel with the saint is actually a hinged flap which opens to reveal a gold effigy of the saint and a place for his relics. M&ME, 1926,4-9,1
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St Demetrius, soldier saint, within a gold and enamel pendant reliquary, Byzanti...