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LOT 1447
Byzantine Silver Temple Ring
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (8.90 grams, 33.70 mm overall, 20.40 x 18.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
With rounded hoop supporting an arcade with a disc above.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 495, for an earlier example of the type.
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LOT 1447
Byzantine Silver Temple Ring
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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