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LOT 0854

Estimate
GBP (£) 250 - 350
EUR (€) 290 - 400
USD ($) 330 - 470

BYZANTINE GOLD FILIGREE FINIAL
6TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.47 grams, 17 mm).

Of hollow, bulbous form, now slightly squashed, four pellets to each side and an apex pellet, granule clusters to both hemispheres, socket to base with roughly square-shaped cross-section, three circular attachment piercings with granulated borders.

PROVENANCE:
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.

CONDITION
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