PB ‘hystera’ medallion (36.5mm, 16.72 g, 12h). Holy Rider Type. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 564
Lot: 748.
Closing Date: Jun 19 2024 10:00 ET

Byzantine, Lead

Estimate: $ 100

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PB ‘hystera’ medallion (36.5mm, 16.72 g, 12h). Holy Rider Type. Blundered legend in outside and inside border, holy rider right, holding spear, impaling and trampling prostrate female serpentine demon below; to right, angel / Blundered legend in outside border, ‘Hystera,’ against hatched cross, with eight serpents comprising four pairs of confronted serpents. Cf. H. Björklund, “Protecting Against Child-Killing Demons: Uterus Amulets in the Late Antique and Byzantine Magical World,” Department of World Cultures. University of Helsinki, Finland (2017) (for discussion); cf. J. Spier, "Medieval Byzantine Amulets and their Tradition,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 56 (1993), 21, pl. 2b (for similar). Tan patina. Good VF.


Closing Date and Time: 19 June 2024 at 14:09:00 ET.

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