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LOT 0179
Byzantine Gold Ring with Saint
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.20 grams, 26.24 mm overall, 21.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
A pair of granules to each shoulder flanking a discoid bezel with niello-filled facing bust of a nimbate saint.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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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