Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Electronic Auction 371 23 March 2016
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Bronze amulet pendant. Byzantine, 10th-12th centuries AD (or earlier). Engraved on both sides. Seven line Greek inscription on one side, beginning "Agios, Agios, Agios" (Holy, Holy, Holy); the opposite side shows a face within a circle, with seven lines (necks?) with crude animal heads radiating from it. Diameter: 3.3cm. Green and red patina. Cf. D. Papanikola-Bakirtze, Everday life in Byzantium (2002), pp. 486-488.
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