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LOT 1024
Byzantine Silver Intaglio with Inscription
CIRCA 6TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.01 grams, 13 mm).
Discoid-shaped with Greek inscription in four lines.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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