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LOT 0918
Byzantine Bronze Patrix Die for a Belt Mount
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (42.4 grams, 37 mm).
Comprising a quatrefoil modelled in high-relief with equal-armed cross to the centre, on a lozengiform base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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