Bronze Byzantine Coin Pendants Kelley Benes A) 22" Total Hight

A) 22" Total Hight

Thought to be a physical representation of harmony and happiness

each talisman is unique and one-of-kind and will have characteristics specific to the one who possesses it

Cleo measures 5

painted around 1680

Bronze Byzantine Coin Pendants Kelley Benes A) 22" Total HightAbout the Piece Authentic Byzantine bronze coin set in oxidized sterling silver hanging 1. 75" from bail. The coin clearly shows Justin ll with Sophia seated on double throne holding globus and cruciform scepter on one side and the letter M on the other, denoting its value as 40 Nummi. Minted by the second officina in Constantinople 565 578 AD. *This piece does not come with a chain. Some historians date the beginning of the Byzantine Empire at 476 A.