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LOT 0220
Byzantine Gold Ring with Red Gemstone
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.79 grams, 17.74 mm overall, 14.14 mm internal diameter).
With slender hoop and ellipsoid bezel flanked at each shoulder by two granules, beaded wire collar, inset intaglio olive tree flanked by bullrushes.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 482, for type.
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