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Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross
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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]

Provenance

UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 348, for type.

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LOT 1083

Byzantine Silver Ring with Cross

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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