Byzantine Cross 6th - 12th century? -- Confirmation sort

[Billycourty]

Hello everyone,

I live in Paris and on the weekend i stumbled upon a tiny little antique shop filled to over flowing with every kind of item you could imagine. As i was leaving i saw a old cross in the window, the seller said it was Carolingian, 8th century around the time of Charlemagne. He had found it in a job lot of antiques so had no other details about it. He thought it was in iron (but it is not magnetic). I took the cross to another antique dealer who I was having a chat too and this other dealer agreed with its date but thought the object was copper. But neither were specialists in artefacts of this age (to my knowledge.)

If anyone knows anything about patina, verdigris etc. maybe you could add your 2 cents to ageing this object and if it would have been dug up in France or found in a shipwreck etc, is it a copper alloy. The cross is about the size of my palm.

Thank you so much for your time!








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[Obelix]

FINE BYZANTINE BRONZE CROSS, ca. 8th-10th century. The cross with central attachment hole for a gem

 

[Billycourty]

Hi Obelix, is it that you agree that the cross is from the 8th-10th century?

Thank you for your time

 

[bulletprobe]

i think that cross is in the time of charlemagne maybe owner of the cross is charlemagne and maybe it ia use in pagan ceremony rituals and also maybe it is a lucky charm to people when you auction it ,it well coast around 80,000 usd just say it is in the time of charlemagne so that the price of the item goes up you got there a good find medival period my friend cheers my friend