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LOT 1042
Byzantine Bronze Openwork Buckle
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (19.5 grams, 55 mm).
Comprising a D-shaped plate with openwork detailing and incised ring-and-dot motifs, rectangular loop with median couch; tongue with hooked forward edge; loop cracked. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Trinity Antiques, UK, before 2009.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. hinged-plate openwork buckle from Eski-Kermen in Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.6.1.1.
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