Byzantine Bronze Ring with Jesus Riding a Donkey

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (1.92 grams, 21.99 mm overall, 19.65 x 19.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).

Comprising a slender hoop with an oval bezel featuring an image of Jesus riding on a donkey before a robed man. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an English private collection, 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

CONDITION

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LOT 1312