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LOT 1484
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross Over Bust
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.63 grams, 24.45 mm overall, 21.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)).
Slender hoop and integral square bezel, incuse beaded border enclosing profile Imperial bust flanked by columns, equal-arm cross above his crown. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between IV and VII century, in Italian), Bari, 1999, p.205, no.4, for a similar iconography.
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LOT 1484
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross Over Bust
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £150
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Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
