Details
LOT 4167
Byzantine Bronze Weight or Amulet. 7th-10th century AD.
Rectangular flat-section weight with low-relief motif of a standing two-headed figure / Blank. Condition as seen.3/4 in. (5.17gr, 20mm.).
Provenance
Property of a London collector; acquired before 1980.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
This is probably a folk amulet depicting a schematic representation of two saints. Images of paired saints at this period are limited to a known few which would suggest that the figures could be saints.
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