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LOT 0861
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.20 grams, 24.91 mm overall, 20.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Facetted hoop supporting an ellipsoid bezel with forked cross (crucifixus dolorosus )supporting a cross-in-roudel motif, cross potent to each flank.
ProvenanceCollected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Cf. Ross M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item 62, for type.
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