Details
LOT 3594
Early Byzantine PB Pilgrim's Amulet. 6th-7th century AD.
Nimbate saint on horseback to left, holding cruciform sceptre / Pillar-saint St. Symeon (Stylites) orans atop a large central column, flanked by two angels flying in; reliquary(?) to right and small figure going to climb ladder on left. Cf. L. Wamser: Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas östliches Erbe, 310; for tokens with similar iconography see G. Vikan, Byzantine Pilgrimage Art, fig. 22, 24, 25, 29-30. Condition as seen. Pierced; suspension loop missing.(2.42gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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