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LOT 0272
Byzantine Bronze Belt Fitting Set
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 3/8 in. (150 grams total, 35-61 mm).
Comprising twelve rectangular plaques and a garnet inlaid buckle, each of the plaques with a pair of low-relief emperor's busts within a pelletted frame. [15]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Schulze-Dörrlamm, M., Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, Teil 1. Die Schnallen ohne Beschläg, mit Laschenbeschläg und mit festem Beschläg des 5. bis 7. Jahrhunderts, Mainz, 2009, fig.77, nos.1-2, for a similar typology of buckle.
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