An undated archaistic sheet gold diadem, tapering to each rounded end with a median spur to the lower edge; repoussé designs symmetrically placed around a central cross botonny of a bird (dove of the Holy Spirit?), a florid cross, a serpent with open jaws and protruding tongue, a church with cross above the entrance, a voided cross, a row of linked crescents. Cf. similar techniques on a gold 6th century bracelet in Yeroulanou, A. Important Bracelets in Early Christian and Byzantine Art in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010 plate 21a. 2.29 grams, 36cm (14"). Property of a West London gentleman; acquired before 2000. [No Reserve]

Fine condition, repaired.