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LOT 1125
Large Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Christ and Saints
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (56.8 grams, 98 mm).
Bifacial enkolpion with roundel to end of each arm, hinged polyhedral suspension loop above; obverse with low-relief central Corpus Christi and bust of a saint in each roundel; reverse with central seated figure of Mary surrounded by text and with a nimbate bust in each roundel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines En Bronze, Paris, 2006, p.37, for type.
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LOT 1125
Large Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Christ and Saints
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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