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LOT 0807
Byzantine Gold Ring with Carnelian
7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.13 grams, 22.25 mm overall, 15.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
A gold finger ring with slender hoop and oblate red glass bead.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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