Seal Ring

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 302

Images like this one were adopted for Christian military saints, for instance, Theodore Stratelates. The soldier, a draconarius, holds a spear and stamps on a serpent, symbolizing the forces of evil. A dragon banner, the standard for his military unit, streams from the point of the spear

Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved

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Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved
Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved
Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved
Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved
Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved
Seal Ring, Silver shank bezel: carved

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