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LOT 1347
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
CIRCA 10TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (11.44 grams, 55 mm).
Formed of expanding round-section arms with a raised plaque at the centre on both sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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