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LOT 1168
Large Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (38.3 grams, 82 mm).
Enkolpion cross pommée hinged at the base and closure with facetted suspension loop above; obverse with silver-inlaid cross and (abraded) monogram to each roundel; reverse with abraded Corpus Christi. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 256, for a more elaborate version of the type.
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