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LOT 0863
Byzantine Stone Bread Stamp
6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (80 grams, 66 mm).
Rectangular with pierced lug to the reverse; rectangular design with text 'XAPO / ETA'.
Provenance
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1875,1012.1, with text also executed dextrograde (not reversed).
Footnotes
The legend should have been written in reverse for a stamp; it may have been a blundered legend by the workman.
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