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LOT 0784
Byzantine Gold Coin Bead Necklace
COIN DATED 565-578 A.D.
16 1/8 in. (17.6 grams, 41 cm long).
Composed of assorted small round banded agate and carnelian beads with small cylinders between, featuring a gold solidus coin pendant of Emperor Justin II; modern screw clasp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important North London collection formed before 1980.
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Byzantine Ribbed Bronze Bowl
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Opening Bid: £80
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
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Byzantine Gold Coin Bead Necklace
Coin dated 527-565 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Composed of carnelian and perhaps glass rounded oval beads, featuring a gold Solidus coin pendant of Emperor Justinian I; modern screw clasp. 14.3 grams, 37 cm long
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex property of a North London collector. -
Byzantine Bronze Cooking Cauldron with Lidded Container for Steaming
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Composed of a hemispherical body and piriform lid with flange to the equator, hollow-formed lid and base with foot and removeable balustered finial with discoid cap to apex; body with two leaf-shaped plaques with loops to support the articulate round-section handle; body and lid decorated with dense feather or leaf detailing; very rare to find as complete. 406 grams, 16 cm high
cracked
Acquired 1969-1999. From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent.
