Translation Russian on antique gold cross pendant please.

So what's the value on something like this, tossing aside the etsy number which seems excessive.

 

Correct.

 

It is excessive on many Russian jewellery sites as well.
I'd have to do some research to get an idea of the price we are going to ask for this particular piece. We price everything under the market value, because most buyers are in North America and have to pay registered shipping from The Netherlands.
I will add the link here once we've listed it, so you get an idea of what we think a non-excessive value would be.

 

You are in the Netherlands huh, i didn't know that, i thought you were in Indonesia somewhere.

 

I think so too sometimes.
No, part Indonesian and a lot of other Asian and European nationalities. Many people in The Netherlands are. The official number for part-Indonesians here is 10% of the population, but that is not counting the large group whose Indonesian ancestors came here between the early 17th century and 1945.

 

Aussie, welcome! I'm an American who studied Russian in college. It's good to have input from somebody knowledgeable of the language at a native level.

 

The front inscriptions (traditionally) on an orthodox cross read IC on the left arm and XC on the right (translates to Jesus Christ) so Im guessing this is a cursive hand-engraved abbreviation in keeping with this. They are often dotted or have swoops/intonation marks above or around them, which is the case here. The right arm can certainly be read as an X, albeit slightly wonky.

 

Thanks, Rory.
I guess that was the last bit of the script/symbolism puzzle. It is now complete, thanks to Fig, aussie, and Rory.