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LOT 1029
Byzantine Gold Filigree Bead
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.80 grams, 19 mm).
Comprising a central dome with applied filigree rosette, six radiating triangular arms with dense granulation within braided filigree borders (two absent). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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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