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LOT 1077
Byzantine Bronze Seal with Cross
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (114 grams total, 35-66 mm).
Octagonal in plan with raise rim and loop handle to reverse (detached); reserved Christogram to centre surrounded by legend 'ЄIC ΘЄΟC' ([there is] one god). [2]
Provenance
Ex private European collection, 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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