Christ as emperor or general, 5th or 6th century, Blue and clear glass, gold, possibly Ravenna, diameter: 30 mm.

€ 4700

Originally part of a crown or opulent set of jewellery, this medallion displays an exceptionally rare iconography with the cross haloed Christ wearing a mantle with a fibula, otherwise only known from the mosaic in the archiepiscopal palace in Ravenna dated to c. 495.