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LOT 0212
Byzantine Gold Cross Pendant
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (3.73 grams, 36 mm).
Sheet-gold with integral suspension loop, five large bosses, each within an encircling ring and four smaller bosses in the spandrels assembled into a cross; a marriage.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Dame Joan Evans, DBE, FSA, FRHistS, enjoyed a long and distinguished career as an author and historian. She was appointed the president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1959, the first woman to hold this position, serving until 1964. From 1948 to 1951, Joan Evans served as President of the Royal Archaeological Institute. She received the Society’s gold medal in 1973. Joan Evans was honoured with a host of honorary degrees and fellowships, as well as fellowships of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Literature. She was a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, and was appointed a Dame of the British Empire in 1976. She served as a trustee of both the London and the British museums, and as a member of the advisory council of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
