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LOT 0976

Byzantine Lead Medallion with Saints

CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (26.1 grams, 44 mm).

Discoid with suspension hole near rim, obverse with low-relief nimbate figures and legend to the rim, reverse with Maltese cross and scrolls. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of an London antiquarian, 1980s.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 582-3, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0976

Byzantine Lead Medallion with Saints

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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