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LOT 0252
Cuman Silver Military Sceptre
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
22 in. (353 grams, 56 cm).
Comprising a slender tapering body in graduated gilded sheet-silver sleeves with rolled rims; at base, a bronze ferrule with a squared finial; at top, a mushroom-shaped boss with lateral attachment rivet; restored.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13377-259199.
See Stephenson, P. Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204, Cambridge, 2000, for an overview of the Cumans and their neighbours in eastern Europe in the High Middle Ages.
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LOT 0252
Cuman Silver Military Sceptre
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000€17,400 - 23,200 (for guidance only)$20,250 - 27,000 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£7,500 (EUR 8,700; USD 10,125) +BP*
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