Early Byzantine Solid Gold Cross

Set with a Hellenistic Indo-Pakistani cabochon garnet intaglio of a stag (ca. 3rd - 2nd Centuries BC), original to the piece.
5th - 8th Centuries AD
Height: 3.5 cm. (1 3/8 in.)
Width: 2.2 cm. (0 7/8 in.)
ex: private European collection, 1970’s - 1980’s
(#pnd9445byz)
Exhibited:
BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020)
Published:
Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIII (New York, 2015) p.35
Comparandum:
Gonosova, Anna & Christine Konoleon; Art of Late Rome and Byzantium in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, 1994) p.112, no.38