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LOT 0176
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.
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LOT 0176
Byzantine Decorated Gold Belt Buckle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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