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LOT 0207
Byzantine Silver Ring with Gilt Eagle
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.69 grams, 24.36 mm overall, 21.21 x 20.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)).
Disc bezel flanked by two bosses; gilt panel with low-relief eagle.
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 488, for type.
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