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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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