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LOT 0214
Byzantine Gold Roundel of a Standing Saint
LATE 10TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.19 grams, 23 mm).
Sheet gold disc with three holes close to the rim for attachment of links (two damaged); repoussé facing image of a nimbate saint standing wearing a knee-length tunic with decorative hatched panel to the front, calf-length cloak with hatched texture, disc brooch beneath the chin, both arms raised in the orans gesture. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Elie Borowski, 1988.
LiteratureCf. Evans, H.C. & Wixom, W.D., The Glory of Byzantium. Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era A.D.843-1261, New York, 2006, item 107, for a larger example with enamelled fill.
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