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LOT 1108
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (9.65 grams, 47 mm).
Cruciform with integral loop; obverse with low-relief Corpus Christi in stavrosis pose with radiating strokes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridge, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a typed dealer's identification ticket.
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 258, for type.
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