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Where Is The Byzantine Crown Today?

The Monomachus Crown (Greek: Στέμμα του Μονομάχου; Hungarian: Monomakhosz-korona) is a set of pieces of engraved Byzantine goldwork, decorated with cloisonné enamel, in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, Hungary. What happened to the Byzantine crown jewels? The crown jewels had been pawned to Venice during the civil war, and the Byzantine gold coin, hopelessly …

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