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LOT 1060

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

BYZANTINE BRONZE ARTEFACT GROUP
6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 3/4 in. (188 grams total, 84-95 mm).

Comprising: front cover of an enkolpion with robed figure in orans pose, legend 'ΓΕΟΡΓΙΟC' (St. George) above; censer cover or horse phalera with openwork design, expanding-arm cross within an arc with ring-and-dot motifs, poppy-head lugs, suspension loop. [2]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. a similar cross in Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 165, 166, 168, for type.

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