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A Byzantine Lead Seal with a Sphinx facing right on the obverse five lines which can be read as

A Byzantine Lead Seal. On the obverse of the seal a cross potent on three steps, all arms ending in pellets; on the crossing, in a medallion, the bust of a bishop (without nimbus): square bald head, short round beard. He wears the phelonion and…

Produced in 989 under the rule of Basil II, this struck silver coin is devoid of any depiction of the ruler. The emperor is honored in the text, but the only image is of the Virgin and Child. The population of those who could read the text would have…

This illuminated O from an early 1300s Silesian Antiphony contains the Man of Sorrows.

This is an illuminated B in a German psalter from roughly 1265. It contains the Man of Sorrows and King David playing the harp.

This is an Italian fresco (later transferred to canvas) painted by Niccolò di Tommaso around the year 1370 depicting the Man of Sorrows.

This is a bronze/copper alloy lamp/censer with five scenes from the life of Christ: the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Baptism, the Crucifixion, and the Women at the Tomb.

This is a mosaic panel in the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme church in Rome depicting the Man of Sorrows.

Preserved in excellent condition, this 10th century histamenon was minted in Constantinople under John I. On the obverse is Christ the Pantocrator and on the reverse is John I depicted alongside the Virgin Mary, or "Meter Theou." Both sides feature…

An ingot is a general term for metal mass that has yet to be made into a finished product. These bits of metal would be melted down in order to be formed into jewelry, coins, or other objects. This particular ingot is rolled into a spiral shape,…