BYZANTINE. Lead ‘hystera’ amulet. Circa 7th-8th centuries AD.

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BYZANTINE. Lead ‘hystera’ amulet. Circa 7th-8th centuries AD. ‘Hystera’: four pairs of confronted serpents in quarters at center of hatched cross; uncertain magical inscription around / Saint riding right on horseback, holding cross and spearing figure on ground; angel to right. J. Spier, "Medieval Byzantine Amulets and their Tradition,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 56 (1993), no. 21. Near VF, original suspension loop missing.


Closing Date and Time: 21 July 2021 at 14:56:00 ET.