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LOT 0782
Late Roman Bronze Chi Rho Pendant
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (2.71 grams, 37 mm).
Amuletic Christogram pendant with loop above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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