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LOT 1145
Byzantine Inscribed Bone Plaque
CIRCA 6TH-10TH CENTURY AD.
1 1/2 in. (3.12 grams, 38 mm).
Obverse with low-relief bust wearing conical headgear, with trefoil sceptre and hatched robe; reverse with legend 'ΚΕΒΟΗΙΤΟ' ('T' inverted).
ProvenanceEx Essex gentleman's collection, 2000s.
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