7th-8th century A.D. A bronze cruciform bifacial pendant comprising: low-relief central robed and nimbate figure in orans pose with four busts in annular frames; reverse with impressed text naming the bust (St. George, St. Theodore, etc.); wire suspension loop and length of silver trichinopoly suspension chain with balustered finials. Cf. Ross M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item 15, for type. 48.15 grams, 55 cm long (21 5/8 in."). Acquired Munich, Germany, late 1990s. Property of an East London gentleman.

Fine condition; chain broken.