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Byzantine Silver Merchant's Ring with Monogram Byzantine Silver Merchant's Ring with Monogram Byzantine Silver Merchant's Ring with Monogram
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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.

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.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487, for type.

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LOT 0942

Byzantine Silver Merchant's Ring with Monogram

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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