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LOT 0995
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant with Overlapping Bars
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (32.8 grams, 66 mm).
With pierced polyhedral upper and knop above, body formed as two intersecting fusiform bars with recess. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Belgian collection, 1980s.
From the collection of an London antiquarian.
Literature
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 519, for type.
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