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LOT 1442
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Christ Scene
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (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)).
With facetted shoulders, disc bezel with three nimbate figures and a nimbate baby: 'Adoration of the Magi' at the Nativity.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 488, for type.
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LOT 1442
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Christ Scene
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £50
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Byzantine Silver Ring Bezel with Two Saints
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
