Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, 629–30, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 19 7/16 x 2 5/8 in., 203.9oz. (49.4 x 6.6 cm, 5780g), 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, Battle, David, Goliath, 629–30, Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall, 19 7/16 x 2 5/8, 203.9oz, 49.4 6.6 cm, 5780g, 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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