AN IRON BYZANTINE PROCESSIONAL CROSS, 7TH-10TH CENTURY AD

AN IRON BYZANTINE PROCESSIONAL CROSS, 7TH-10TH CENTURY AD

Reference: ART6001032

A large iron Byzantine processional cross from the middle Byzantine period. The choice of iron was common for such crosses in particular for the cost of an equivalent in silver.
57.5 by 27.5 cm.

PROVENANCE
Private collection Austria, before 1990