Lot 75

Stone lacking, small split on loop, residue in crevices, not possible to weigh without removing it from support.


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Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent to Royall Tyler (b. 1936)

A comparative item can be found in the British Museum, London, item 1974, 0910.1 a Byzantine buckle; another similar example can be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 17.190.1678, an Avar buckle.