Byzantine 'Reliquary' Cross Pendant
Silver, 22 grams, 62 mm. Circa 9th - 10th century AD. A reliquary cross pendant, both faces decorated with a saint in the orans pose; the suspension loop still articulating and both halves still riveted together. Very fine, complete and undamaged with suspension loop intact. Wearable. Provenance: from an old English collection.