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LOT 0203

Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,500

BYZANTINE ENAMELLED GOLD CROSS
9TH-11TH CENTURY AD
2" (3.74 grams, 51mm).

A sheet gold cross with applied enamelled panels, possibly from an altar or icon(?); discoid panels with rosette (above) and 'MP ΘY' (Mary Thetokos) and rectangular panel at the foot with 'ΙΣΛΙΜΣ' (?); image of Mary standing with infant Jesus, both nimbate.

PROVENANCE:
Property of a central London gentleman; previously with a London, Mayfair, gallery in the early 1990s; accompanied by a copy of an expertise from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden, reference number 190324.

CONDITION