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LOT 1457
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.61 grams, 25.21 mm overall, 19.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
D-setion hoop with integral disc bezel, incuse Maltese cross motif. [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, pp.199ff., for the type, especially no.29.
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LOT 1457
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross
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 Bronze Seal Matrix with Inscription
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Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £35
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Byzantine Rock Crystal Stamp Seal with Cross
7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Bullet-shaped with domed top and transverse piercing; underside with incuse cross potent and flanking figures; supplied with an impression. 9.54 grams, 23 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Iron Ring with Silver Inscribed Bezel
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising a narrow D-section hoop with segmented projections, cup bezel with silver panel to upper face, inscribed 'ΗΛΙΑΔΕΒΟΗΘΙ' (Iliad ...). 2.65 grams, 27.68 mm overall, 18.66 x 19.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
