Plate with David Anointed by Samuel, 629–630, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 10 1/2 x 1 1/2 in., 47.1oz. (26.6 x 3.8 cm, 1334g), 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, David Anointed, Samuel, 629–630, Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall, 10 1/2 x 1 1/2, 47.1oz, 26.6 3.8 cm, 1334g, 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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