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LOT 0777

Byzantine Silver Ring with Saint

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.41 grams, 22.27 mm overall, 18.61 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).

With square plaque, incuse Daniel in orans pose flanked by two lions. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a UK private collection, before 1980.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 478, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0777

Byzantine Silver Ring with Saint

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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