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LOT 0167
Large Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
CIRCA 900-1200 A.D.
3 3/4 in. (49 grams, 94 mm).
Enkolpion with hinged suspension bar, each face with nimbate robed figure in orans pose with four busts surrounding.
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten ticket.
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 258, for type.
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