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LOT 1422
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Figure of an Empress
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.18 grams, 28.15 mm overall, 21.39 x 23.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 27.51, Japan 26)).
With oblate bezel, incuse facing female bust wearing a diadem.
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 488, for type.
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LOT 1422
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Figure of an Empress
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) ‡+BP*
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