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LOT 0783
Byzantine Silver Ring with Saltire Cross
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.82 grams, 22.44 mm overall, 18.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
A silver ring composed of a slender round-section hoop supporting a quatrefoil plaque with saltire cross engraved within a square at centre, diagonal hatching to each of the four lobes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
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