Plate with the Arming of David, 629–630, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 10 1/2 x 1 9/16 in., (

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Plate with the Arming of David, 629–630, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 10 1/2 x 1 9/16 in., ( 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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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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