BYZANTINE COPPER MEDALLION DEPICTING THE VIRGIN MARY Ca. AD 1100 - 1200. A cast medallion with an irregularly broken edge, depicting the bust of the Virgin Mary in relief within a raised circular border. Mary is shown frontally, with both hands raised. Her head is covered with a veil and framed by a nimbus. For similar see: H. C. Evans,W.D. Wixom, The Glory of Byzantium, Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, AD. 843 - 1261, 1997, Cat. 204,Medallion with Bust of the Virgine Orans Size: 41mm x 47mm; Weight: 50g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.