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LOT 1116
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Saints
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (19.1 grams, 52 mm).
Enkolpion with hinged loop, nimbate figure in orans pose to obverse, Corpus Christi with a cross above to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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