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LOT 1083
Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.83 grams, 24.35 mm overall, 20.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Discoid bezel with incuse cross fourchee, interstitial saltire. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 348, for type.
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