Byzantine Processional Military Cross
Made of iron with gently flaring arms terminating in spear heads and decorated with a variety of appliqué motifs in copper alloy. At the base a funnel-like base to mount the cross on a wooden staff
Date
Middle Byzantine period, 10th-12th century
Height: 150 cm
Width: 78 cm
Thickness: 0.3 cm
Provenance
Property of Micheal Dennis O'Hara, 1967
Private Collection TS, London
Exhibited / Published
Museum of Kykkou Monastery, Cyprus, 2015