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Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust
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LOT 1431

Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust

CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (18.3 grams, 30 mm).

The shank formed as a female bust with shoulder-length hair developing into four radiating beast-heads; suspension loop above; underside with central 'pelican in her piety' motif, legend to the border in seriffed capitals '+ KEBITOCOΔOVΛWNHKHTAN'.

Provenance

Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 741, for type.

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The Kal Noselson Byzantine Collection (Lots 197-221 & 1396-1447)

LOT 1431

Byzantine Bronze Four-Faced Seal Matrix with Bust

Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)

Current bid: £100 ‡+BP*
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