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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]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of an London antiquarian, 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 582-3, for type.
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