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LOT 1360
Byzantine Terracotta Roundel with Cross
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (10 grams, 33.7 mm).
Circular disc with a central cross motif surrounded by a wreath. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
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