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LOT 1406
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Double Cross
CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.50 grams, 21.40 mm overall, 18.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Flat hoop with transverse ribbing to the shoulders, disc bezel with two crosses potent in an incuse border. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 489, for type.
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LOT 1406
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Double Cross
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) ‡+BP*
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Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.