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LOT 0912
Byzantine Silver Merchant's Ring with Monogram
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.22 grams, 25.08 mm overall, 21.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
Discoid bezel with central cross pommee flanked by enigmatic characters.
Provenance
Ex Mr A. collection, Florida, USA.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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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