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LOT 1112

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Current bid: £15 (+bp*)
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(2 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £15
BYZANTINE BRONZE RELIQUARY CROSS PENDANT
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (16.8 grams, 56 mm).

Enkolpion with hinged and ribbed loop; low-relief nimbate figure in orans pose to obverse; robed figure to reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 258, for type.

CONDITION
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