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LOT 0176

Estimate
GBP (£) 4,000 - 6,000
EUR (€) 4,630 - 6,940
USD ($) 5,360 - 8,040

BYZANTINE DECORATED GOLD BELT BUCKLE
8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (33.02 grams, 55 mm).

Comprising a D-shaped plate with acanthus-leaf motif in low-relief, beaded wire band above the hinge, kidney-shaped rectangular-section loop, flat tongue with spur to the upper face; three mounting studs to reverse.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Bernard Hern, 1970s.
From an old UK collection, 1970s-1980s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12113-217070.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Schulze-Dörrlamm, M., Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, Teil 2. Die Schnallen mit Scharnierbeschläg und Schnallen mit angegossenem Riemendurchzug des 7. bis 10. Jahrhunderts, Mainz, 2009, no.26, fig.4.

CONDITION
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