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LOT 1105
Byzantine Decorated Bronze Buckle
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (27.4 grams, 56 mm).
Openwork integral plate with hatched decoration and a kidney-shaped loop, two pierced lugs on the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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