BYZANTINE SILVER RING WITH STYLISED STAR. Ca. AD 1000 - 1200. A silver ring with a solid, rounded hoop and a large oval bezel enclosed by a scalloped edge. The face is engraved with an eight-rayed star set within concentric octagons. Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 7.4g Provenance: From an old British collection formed in the 1990s; previously acquired in Vienna.