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LOT 0220
Byzantine Gold Ring with Cross
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.72 grams, 21.96 mm overall, 14.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
Composed of a slender rectangular-section hoop and cruciform bezel with expanding round-section arms, central dome and granule to each quarter; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
Private European collection since the 1950s.
Private collection, UK, 2010.
Literature
Cf. Ross, M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item XIV(F) and XCVII(I), for type.
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