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Gold pendant

Unknown artist

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A small gold pendant from Bulgaria. Possibly late Roman or Byzantine

More information

Date supported

1950

Medium and material

Gold

Dimensions

Diameter: 4.6 cm

Gifted by

D A J Buxton

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