Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird
6th-7th century A.D. With stepped shoulders, D-shaped plaque, incised peacock design. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 492, for type. 3.39 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 20.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22) (7/8 in.).

Private collection formed in the 1970s. Ex property of an Essex, UK, businessman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. [No Reserve]