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LOT 0746
Byzantine Bronze Inscribed Ring
CIRCA 6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.75 grams, 22.48 mm overall, 19.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
With flat-section expanding hoop, starbursts within scrolls to the shoulders; oval bezel with two line reversed Greek inscription 'KE[ ] / OHΘH'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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