The present cross is closely related to a larger bronze example in the Kanellopoulos Museum in Athens (Splendeur de Byzance, loc.cit.). Of identical outline, the two crosses also have the same rows of perforations along the horizontal arms of the cross, similar geometric engraving, and a central silver medallion. In the case of the Athens cross, however, the medallion is further decorated with a Greek cross on a blue enamel ground. It is possible that the present cross was at one time similarly embellished, although its present state of conservation now makes it impossible to judge.
A further example of this type of cross is cited as having once been in the Ropper Collection, which has now been divided between the Ashmolean and the British Museums.