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LOT 1311
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.23 grams, 21.12 mm overall, 16.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With raised disc to the bezel, incised enigmatic legend 'COΛON / ΠΝΛΕΜ / YΛA'.
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA and Switzerland, before 1992; thence by descent.
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LOT 1311
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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