Inscribed silver processional cross

Inscribed silver processional cross from Adrianople with incised decoration, parcel-gilt, and details picked out in niello. The busts of saints are portrayed in medallions on the arms of the cross. On the two sides of the base are dedicatory inscriptions commemorating the donors Sisinios and Ioannis the Presbyter. This is one of the most splendid and best preserved crosses of the Middle Byzantine period; about 1000. H. 0.51 m. (ΓΕ 33794)