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LOT 1132
Byzantine Silver Strap End Group
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (9.76 grams total, 44 mm each).
Matching pair of strap ends with openwork decoration on the tongue-shaped body. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
From the property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1132
Byzantine Silver Strap End Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant with Christ
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cruciform with raised border, low-relief nimbate Corpus Christi with legend to lower edge of each arm, suspension loop above. 14.6 grams, 42 mm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Large Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Christ and Saints
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bifacial enkolpion with roundel to end of each arm, hinged polyhedral suspension loop above; obverse with low-relief central Corpus Christi and bust of a saint in each roundel; reverse with central seated figure of Mary surrounded by text and with a nimbate bust in each roundel. 56.8 grams, 98 mm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Large Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a slender large hoop and a discoid bezel with a stylised standing bird. 2.34 grams, 23.12 mm overall, 18.28 x 20.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
