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LOT 1071

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Saints

13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (10.74 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 17.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

With D-section hoop, ellipsoid plaque with dentilled rim, low-relief image of two figures in hatched cloaks. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1071

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Saints

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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