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MEROVINGIAN STAMPED SHEET SILVER FIBULA With a cross, and inscription: ANDEBERTVS F W DEO EI; bronze backing. Lacking needle. 7th Century AD Diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.4 cm.) Ex English private collection, acquired in the 1990s. Ex Frank Sternberg, Zurich; Gorny & Mosch 111 (2001), no. 3202. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2008, no. 160. Cf. a similar representation of Christ see Merowingerzeit, Die Altertümer im Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1995, p. 112, pl. 102. GMG23 $5,500 Sales |
