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LOT 1488
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Archangel Michael
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.97 grams, 21.83 mm overall, 17.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse winged and nimbate figure facing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 647, for type, in gold.
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LOT 1488
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Archangel Michael
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
With raised disc to the bezel, incised enigmatic legend 'COΛON / ΠΝΛΕΜ / YΛA'. 6.23 grams, 21.12 mm overall, 16.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, before 1992; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Mary and Christ
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With flared disc bezel, incuse image of Mary Theotokos and infant Jesus beside a frond. 9.40 grams, 29.85 mm overall, 19.74 x 17.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Inscribed Lead Bulla
Circa 10th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Circular bulla with a facing nimbate bust on the obverse and the reverse with four lines of Greek text. 24.2 grams, 25 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
