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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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Byzantine Steatite Mount with Saint John the Theologian
10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Showing a bust of a man dressed in a cloak and with his head turned to look over his shoulder, possibly depicting St John; rectangular in plan with rounded corners. 2.52 grams, 19 mm
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, 2003. Private collection, Europe. -
Byzantine Bronze Stamp Seal with Monogram
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. -
Byzantine Silver Ring with Open Bezel
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Flat hoop with clasped-hands detailing to the underside, raised rectangular panels with saltire detailing and interstitial stamped lozenges; bezel divided into two tapering bars, each with a knop finial at the apex. 2.78 grams, 24.89 mm overall, 19.72 x 19.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
