Details
LOT 4492
Byzantine(?) Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 6th century AD or later.
Engraved long cross between X Λ X and X L X, pellet above and below / Blank. Condition as seen. Seemingly repatinated.(15.98gr, 21mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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