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Hexagonal in plan with pierced lug; cruciform monogram to underside with 'HCΦ'. 4.82 grams, 13 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Plain hoop with integral triangular bezel; central incuse flaming torch motif within border with legend '+ HACOCOPHOC[...]IC : EHTEXVAC [..]TINO ; NEOIC[...]'; with copy of Chadour's catalogue page (German) with description of a similar ring. 15.48 grams, 29.66 mm overall, 21.66 x 19.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an offprint of a similar ring from Chadour's catalogue.

Conical in section with vertical ribbing to the side wall, broken loop at the apex, stepped base; underside with facing nimbate bust flanked by 'MΘ' (Mary Theotokos). 2.31 grams, 14 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

With facetted shoulders, disc bezel with three nimbate figures and a nimbate baby: 'Adoration of the Magi' at the Nativity. 5.81 grams, 23.60 mm overall, 20.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

With scaphoid bezel, low-relief standing nimbate figure with wings spread laterally. 3.66 grams, 25.29 mm overall, 19.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Slender D-section hoop with bezel formed as two equal-arm crosses flanking a scaphoid plaque with reserved Christogram. 0.98 grams, 19.63 mm overall, 17.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

D-shaped in plan with raised rim to the obverse, facing bust with nimbus and cross; inked collector's labels to reverse. 2.53 grams, 18 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Discoid bezel with incuse design of annulets, chevrons and other motifs. 5.12 grams, 15 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

With rounded hoop supporting an arcade with a disc above. 8.90 grams, 33.70 mm overall, 20.40 x 18.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Comprising: brown pottery oil lamp with a band of raised decoration around the shoulder, small stub handle to the rear and a cross-shaped maker's mark on the base; grey pottery oil lamp with a large filler hole and a slightly concave base. 176 grams total, 81-84 mm



Ex J. Zadok & Sons, 18, King David Road, Jerusalem, Israel. From the G.H. Freelander collection, formed in the late 1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by two previous catalogue information slips.

Expanding arms and an integral suspension loop, the obverse with punched ring-and-dot decoration. 6.02 grams, 42 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Barrel-shaped with incised ring-and-dot ornament forming an arcade. 7.78 grams, 17.78 mm



Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.