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LOT 0937

Byzantine Terracotta Mount

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (79 grams, 56 mm).

A thick discoid mount with a central low-relief figure of a beast facing back, crosses and annulets on the field. [No Reserve]

Provenance

with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 0937

Byzantine Terracotta Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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