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Byzantine bronze reliquary cross (front half)
Description: Bronze reliquary cross (front half); 8th-11th century AD. Christ with arms upraised "Orans", wearing long robes.
Diameter: 62 x 34 mm
Weight: 17 g
Grade: -
Attribution: -
Commentary: green patina, scratch on the front
History: Reliquary crosses of this type were constructed of two parts: a decorated front half with an image of a saint, Christ on the cross or the Virgin Mary, and a frequently plain back half, with a hinge for closure and hollow space inside, all suspended from a loop; they were intended to carry secondary relics, such as soil from a special place of pilgrimage.
Article Number: 111-01-11-41652