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LOT 0973
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Eagle
6TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (5.55 grams, 25.49 mm overall, 19.85 x 15.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Discoid bezel with intaglio profile eagle with head turned and wings raised. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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