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LOT 1067

Byzantine Lead Pendant with Virgin and Child

6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (3.65 grams, 27 mm).

Discoid bifacial plaque with low-relief ornament: obverse - Mary Theotokos with infant Jesus inside a billeted border; reverse - reserved cross with pellets in the spandrels and pellets to the border.

Provenance

Private collection.
Private European collection, 2002.
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 1067

Byzantine Lead Pendant with Virgin and Child

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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