Plate with the Arming of David, 629–630, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 10 1/2 x 1 9/16 in., 49.3oz. (26.6 x 4 cm, 1397g), Metalwork-Silver, In 628–29 the Byzantine emperor Herakleios (r. 610–41) successfully ended a long, costly war with Persia and regained Jerusalem, Egypt, and other Byzantine territory. Silver stamps dating to 613–29/30 on the reverse of these masterpieces place their manufacture in Herakleios’s reign
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Plate, Arming, David, 629–630, Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall, 10 1/2 x 1 9/16, 49.3oz, 26.6 4 cm, 1397g, Metalwork-Silver, 628–29, Byzantine emperor, Herakleios, r, 610–41, successfully ended, long, costly war, Persia, regained Jerusalem, Egypt, territory, Silver stamps, dating, 613–29, 30, reverse, masterpieces place, manufacture, reign
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