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LOT 0865

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Armed Warrior

CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (2.06 grams, 18.52 mm overall, 15.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).

The slender hoop with worn remains of decorative notching to shoulders, oval bezel engraved with stylised standing figure holding shield and a spear or other weapon. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 0865

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Armed Warrior

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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