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LOT 0677
Roman Bronze Christian Cross Brooch
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.3 grams, 26 mm).
Expanding-arm type with incised ring-and-dot motifs, pin-lug, spring, pin and catch to reverse.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Wamser, H., Die Welt Von Byzanz-Europas Ostliches Erbe, Germany, 2004, p.276, no.426, for a very similar example.
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