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LOT 0942
Byzantine Silver Merchant's Ring with Monogram
7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.38 grams, 25.30 mm overall, 19.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Ellipsoid bezel with monogram formed from 'N,A,Ω' and other letters with cross pommee to the side.
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487, for type.
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