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LOT 0765
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Angel
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.34 grams, 22.04 mm overall, 17.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
With a D-section hoop and expanding shoulders, the bezel with a facing nimbate angel with spread wings.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
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Piriform body with domed filler-hole, decorated with two circumferential bands of circlets; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used as a hand grenade. 351 grams, 96 mm
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