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Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross
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LOT 1878

Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross

20TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (2.46 grams, 21.74 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).

Comprising a facetted hoop and integral chi-rho Christogram.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1878

Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross

Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)

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