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LOT 0927
Byzantine Bronze Patrix Die for a Belt Mount
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (17.8 grams, 40 mm).
Cruciform in plan with central quatrefoil flanked on three sides by a disc with rosette fill and lateral lugs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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