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LOT 0806
Byzantine Bracelet with Cross
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (15.07 grams, 66 mm).
A slender bracelet with D-section hoop and overlapping terminals, central cross with the five wounds of Christ represented as a shallow dimple to each arm and central silver circular boss, vertical ribs and dimples to the shoulders, waisted terminals decorated with vertical grooves and dot-in-ring motifs.
Provenance
Acquired Munich, Germany, late 1990s.
Property of an East London gentleman.
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