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LOT 1118
Byzantine Bronze Buckle Plate
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (13.1 grams, 43 mm).
Tongue-shaped body with elaborate decoration, a cross at the upper end, punched pellet motifs on the raised areas. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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