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LOT 0809
Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.56 grams, 21.53 mm overall, 18.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
A silver ring composed of a slender hoop decorated with raised chevrons, supporting a quatrefoil bezel displaying a Christian cross composed of shallow dimples, enclosed by a dimpled border tracing the four surrounding lobes. [No Reserve]
Provenance
English collection formed in the 1990s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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