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LOT 0949
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (2.58 grams, 38 mm).
With remains of notch detailing to the outer edges of the arms, two links of the suspension chain. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 555, for type.
FootnotesThe example of a bronze cross corresponds, in shape and style, to a typology also known in organic material, specifically in wood. Dating this typology is difficult, as it is not easy to identify its place of origin or the context with which these crosses were associated.
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