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LOT 0978
Byzantine Gold Earring with Cross and Garnet
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (6.53 grams, 44 mm).
Penannular hoop with applied collars, applied discoid plaque with beaded rum and openwork cross to the centre, lateral granule clusters, facetted garnet bead below.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0978
Byzantine Gold Earring with Cross and Garnet
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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