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LOT 1410
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Christ
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.96 grams, 24.55 mm overall, 20.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V1/2, USA 10 1/2, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
With faceted hoop and disc bezel, incuse facing busts of Mary Theotokos and Joseph beside a crib with infant Jesus.
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 480, for type.
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LOT 1410
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Christ
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.