Byzantine Bronze Inscribed Cross with Chain, c. 7th - 8th Century A.D.

(Byzantine Bronze Cross)

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Item No.
32.36912
Culture
Byzantine, c. 7th - 8th Century A.D. 
Item Details.
One side with low-relief central robed and nimbate figure in orans pose with four busts in annular frames; the reverse with impressed text naming the bust (St. George, St. Theodore, etc.).

Provenance: Acquired Munich, Germany, late 1990s. Property of an East London gentleman. Literature: Cf. Ross, M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item 15, for type.

Size
7.5 cm L (including loop) - 2 15/16 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
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Price.
US$ 1400
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