11th-century marble icon of the Virgin Mary at Istanbul Archaeological Museums
Discovered in the Mangana complex by the old Acropolis of Byzantion (now the gardens of Topkapı Palace) in the 1920s, water seems to have flowed from the hole in the surviving hand, suggesting it originally belonged to a hagiasma (“holy spring”) from the Mangana monastic complex.
10th-century mosaic of Emperor Alexander in Hagia Sophia. The emperor is depicted as wearing a crown and holding an orb and akakia which symbolizes the mortal nature of all men.