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LOT 1364
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.56 grams, 34 mm).
With a raised nimbate figure in orans pose on the obverse, integral suspension loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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