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LOT 0871
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Dove
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.02 grams, 18.51 mm overall, 14.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
Composed of a slender hoop and sub-circular bezel engraved with a highly stylised figure of a dove. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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