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Post Byzantine Gilt Silver Ring with Cross Gemstone Post Byzantine Gilt Silver Ring with Cross Gemstone Post Byzantine Gilt Silver Ring with Cross Gemstone
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LOT 1484

Post Byzantine Gilt Silver Ring with Cross Gemstone

17TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

3/4 in. (4.26 grams, 21.70 mm overall, 18.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).

A silver-gilt finger ring with tiered scales to the hoop, ellipsoid bezel with inset ellipsoid carnelian intaglio of a cross over 'IHS' Christogram.

Provenance

From a collection formed between 1990-2000.
Ex East London collection.
English private collection.

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LOT 1484

Post Byzantine Gilt Silver Ring with Cross Gemstone

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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