Lot 18 A BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH A GARNET INLAY, 5TH-6TH CENTURY AD

Reference: ART6001062

An attractive gold ring in pale gold with a cross inlaid with garnets for the bezel. The cross in interspaced with river pearls attached to the bezel.
The shank/band is plain with a bevelled outside.
Gold, garnet and pearl. Byzantine 5/6th.c.A.D.
23 by 21 mm.
Weight: 5.9 gr.

PROVENANCE
From a European collection since the 1980's.