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LOT 0323
Saxon Gold Disc Pendant with Expanding Cross
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (7.83 grams, 44 mm).
Featuring a central boss and ribbed suspension loop; flat-section strips forming an expanding-arm cross, beaded wire collar to the boss, series of triangular punch marks to the outer border.
Provenance
By descent from a Russian noble family.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
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