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