DECORATIVE DISC WITH CHRISTOGRAM - former Kofler-Truniger collection Early Byzantine, probably Italy. Electron (gold and silver alloy). Round disc with two crosses superimposed (one wavy and one straight). The edge is decorated with intertwined bands. Ø 5.6 cm. Total weight 35.5 g. Various breaks. Somewhat bent. Provenance: - Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (inv. no. K719E). - Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974. - By inheritance in the same Swiss family collection, Lucerne. Exhibited: Kunsthaus Zurich, Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 608k (with exhibition catalog). Literature: - Viktor Heinrich Elbern: Cross markings on some early medieval tools. In: Das erste Jahrtausend, 1962–1964, p. 219. - Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 64, No. 608k, plate 52. * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.