BYZANTINE BRONZE CROSS DEPICTING CRUCIFIXION Ca. AD 900 - 1200. A cast bronze cross with each arm expanding into lobed finials. The obverse depicts the figure of Christ with arms extended laterally and palms outturned. His body is rendered in a columnar form, with ribbed drapery cascading from the shoulders to the feet. The reverse is plain and undecorated. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1880,0501.5. Size: 69.8mm x 52mm; Weight: 40.85g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.