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LOT 1815
Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Dark Age Inscription to Reverse
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (31.77 grams, 72 mm).
Of Byzantine type, obverse with low-relief Corpus Christi; reverse with enigmatic legend '[?] NIXIXIN'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx R Ungar, Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2006.
From an important North London, UK, private collection.
The reverse may bear a blundered attempt at the 'INRI' legend, which appears in Byzantine and late Roman art, for Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum 'Jesus King of the Jews'.
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LOT 1815
Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Dark Age Inscription to Reverse
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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