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LOT 1026
Byzantine Lead Pendant with Simeon Stylites
12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (22 grams, 48 mm).
Discoid with integral loop, tondo with figural scene of Simeon Stylites standing on his column, two worshippers at the base and two angels above; legend to the rim.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1026
Byzantine Lead Pendant with Simeon Stylites
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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