KLEINE IKONE MIT DER HÖLLENFAHRT UND AUFERSTEHUNG silver Byzantine coins pendants The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of

The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos

when it permanently replaced the Aureus

It remained at nearly this weight until the time of Nero (AD 37-68)

accepted as the Olympian Herakles by the Greeks and derided as Beelzebub by Jews in the time of the Seleucids

the Baptist John

KLEINE IKONE MIT DER HÖLLENFAHRT UND AUFERSTEHUNG silver Byzantine coins pendants The Dormition (Falling Asleep) ofA SMALL ICON SHOWING THE RESURRECTION AND THE DESCENT INTO HELL WITHIN TWELVE FEASTS ORTHODOXEN KIRCHENJAHRES Russian, circa 1900 Russland, um 1900 Tempera on wood panel. Executed in detail on a gold ground. The border gilded and incised to resemble a chased gilded silver enamel oklad. 26. 6 x 22 cm.