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Byzantine Bronze Amuletic Vessel Lid for 'Saint Demothas' Byzantine Bronze Amuletic Vessel Lid for 'Saint Demothas' Byzantine Bronze Amuletic Vessel Lid for 'Saint Demothas'
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LOT 1040

Byzantine Bronze Amuletic Vessel Lid for 'Saint Demothas'

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (9.18 grams, 35 mm).

Ellipsoid plaque with straps for the hinge, slightly domed, pierced to accept three rivets (two absent), two concentric bands of pointillé ornament, pointillé inscription in Greek in three lines: 'ΑΓΙЄ ΔΗΜΟΘΑ(sic) ΒΟΗΘΙ ΤΟ ΦΟΡ[Ο]ΝΤ' [Saint Demothas(?), help the wearer]. [No Reserve]

Provenance

with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00034831.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 1040

Byzantine Bronze Amuletic Vessel Lid for 'Saint Demothas'

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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