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LOT 1103
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (4.71 grams, 31 mm).
With slightly expanding arms and integral loop; band of impressed ring-and-dot motifs to obverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
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