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LOT 1018
Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.46 grams, 21.74 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Comprising a facetted hoop and integral chi-rho Christogram.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, 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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LOT 1018
Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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