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LOT 0929
Byzantine Bronze Bow Brooch with Cross
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (17 grams, 53 mm).
With deep bow flanked by two pairs of lateral disc-headed studs, cruciform foot returning to form the catch and with loop around the shank, spring and pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex important German collection of brooches, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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