288, Lot: 725. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Partial bronze enkolpion. Byzantine, circa 7th century AD. Depicting the Virgin, orans. In each arm of cross, an Evangelist, holding Gospel, within roundel. Dimensions: 9.0cmx5.5cm. See A. Garside, ed., Jewelry: Ancient to Modern (New York: Viking, 1979), no. 461 for a nearly identical specimen found in Palestine. Dark grayish-green patina. Half of reliquary missing.