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LOT 2048
East European Bronze Cross Pendant
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (5.25 grams, 46 mm).
Comprising: the obverse a voided cross with Calvary scene of cross, spear and sponge with text surrounding; reverse with dense text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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