Bidspirit auction | LARGE BYZANTINE BRONZE ASTILE PROCESSIONAL

LARGE BYZANTINE BRONZE ASTILE PROCESSIONAL CROSS - Ca. AD 400 - 900. An early Byzantine bronze astile cross, decorated with a bronze sphere in the middle of the cylindrical arms. For similar see: Christie's, 01.01.1970 Auction, Antiquities, Lot. 303. Size: 110mm x 55mm; Weight: 55g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old London collection formed in the 1990s.