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LOT 0179
Byzantine Bronze Amulet with Figures
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (22 grams, 48 mm).
Discoid with integral loop, tondo with figural scene of Simeon Stylites standing on his column, two worshippers at the base and two angels above; legend to the rim.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0179
Byzantine Bronze Amulet with Figures
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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