Byzantine Cross Pendant
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10th-12th century AD. A small bronze pectoral cross, highlighting the image of Christ with nimbus and surmounted by a cross representing the titulum inscribed inside a tabula ansata, the sun and the moon at the corners, the Saviour dressed in a long tunic, or colobium, at the top suspension ring for attachment to a chain or strap. See Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, pp.194-197, esp. figs.257, 259 and 263, for similar crosses. 5.3 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980.
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Very fine condition.
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Byzantine Cross Pendant
Estimate £120 - £170
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