371, Lot: 1328. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Bronze amulet pendant. Byzantine, 10th-12th centuries AD (or earlier). Engraved on both sides. Eight line Greek inscription on one side; the opposite side shows a face within a circle, with seven lines (necks?) with crude animal heads radiating from it. Diameter: 5.4cm. Brown surfaces. Cf. D. Papanikola-Bakirtze, Everday life in Byzantium (2002), pp. 486-488.