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LOT 0763

Post Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription

CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (5.55 grams, 22.52 mm overall, 17.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).

With ellipsoid plaque, incuse border and text 'KERO / HOHAN / A'.

Provenance

From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 67, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0763

Post Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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