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LOT 1046
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Floral Cross
13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.78 grams, 24.92 mm overall, 18.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With ellipsoid bezel, tinned upper face with reserved scallops to the rim and four starburst motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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