11th-12th century AD. A substantial bifacial bronze enkolpion or reliquary cross pendant with rounded arms, hinged, collared biconical suspension loop above, one face engraved with Corpus Christi, bust of a saint in three arms of the cross, second face with central cross and saint within a roundel in each arm of the pendant. Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines En Bronze, Paris, 2006, p.37, for similar. 78 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.