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LOT 0977
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Group
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/8 in. (7.32 grams total, 26-29 mm).
Comprising three small cross pendants, two with ring-and-dot motifs and one with expanding arms. [3]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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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