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LOT 0219
Byzantine Gold Buckle with Heart-Shaped Plate
LATER 6TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (15 grams, 32 mm).
With loop formed as a disc with two circular piercings and inlaid niello detailing. flared sidewall, hinged tongue with ridge to the forward end, plate with reserved foliage in a cell with knop to the rear edge; three attachment lops to the underside.
Provenance
From a private collection formed in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Literature
Cf. similar in bronze in the British Museum, London, under accession no. 1985,1010.2.
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LOT 0219
Byzantine Gold Buckle with Heart-Shaped Plate
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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