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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Dove Byzantine Bronze Ring with Dove Byzantine Bronze Ring with Dove
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LOT 0983

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Dove

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (1.90 grams, 20.12 mm overall, 15.42 x 17.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).

With a slender hoop and discoid bezel, intaglio motif of a standing dove facing right. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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

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LOT 0983

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Dove

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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