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LOT 0934
Byzantine Inscribed Bronze Bell for St Blaise
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (35.6 grams, 46 mm).
Domed high-tin bronze with pierced lug suspension and thickened rim; incised Greek inscription to the shoulder 'ΟΑΓΗΟCΒΛΑCHOC' (Hagios Blasios). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
The name is normally anglicised as 'St Blaise', an early bishop who was martyred in 316 AD in Sebaste, Armenia.
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