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LOT 0175
Byzantine Enamelled Bronze Bifacial Temple Ring
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (13 grams, 42 mm).
Crescentic with bifacial motif of saltire cross, panels of blue, red and yellow enamel; flat hoop with pelletted decoration; possibly Kievan Rus workmanship. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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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