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LOT 1048

Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Bird

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (1.74 grams, 22 mm).

D-shaped amuletic pendant with pierced lug suspension: obverse a bird with omega; reverse a hatched pillar with rings. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1048

Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Bird

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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