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LOT 1356
Byzantine Bronze Decorated Archer's Thumb Ring
10TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.75 grams, 39.38 mm overall, 21.50 x 22.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)).
Wide hoop with three raised bosses, triangular extension with vine-leaf and scroll decoration.
Provenance
Ex Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
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