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Byzantine Gilt Bronze Decorated Buckle Byzantine Gilt Bronze Decorated Buckle Byzantine Gilt Bronze Decorated Buckle
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LOT 0181

Byzantine Gilt Bronze Decorated Buckle

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/8 in. (56 grams, 80 mm).

Comprising: buckle loop with dentilled outer edge, impressed triangular cells; D-section tongue curved over the forward edge of the loop, with rectangular shield to the rear with slot; plate formed as a vesica-shaped rear panel with rosette motif and billetted border, forward edge with cells flanking; knop finial to rear edge; obverse with three pierced lugs for attachment to the belt; ferrous hinge-pin.

Provenance

Private UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 439, 442, for type.

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LOT 0181

Byzantine Gilt Bronze Decorated Buckle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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