371, Lot: 1329. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Bronze amulet pendant. Byzantine, 10th-12th centuries AD (or earlier). Engraved on both sides. Seven line Greek inscription on one side, beginning “Agios, Agios, Agios” (Holy, Holy, Holy); the opposite side shows a face within a circle, with seven lines (necks?) with crude animal heads radiating from it. Diameter: 3.3cm. Green and red patina. Cf. D. Papanikola-Bakirtze, Everday life in Byzantium (2002), pp. 486-488.