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LOT 1403
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.98 grams, 19.61 mm overall, 15.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).
The square bezel incised to form a Maltese cross. [No Reserve]
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 478, for similar modified square bezel.
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LOT 1403
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Gilt Bronze Ring with Christ
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With flat discoid bezel, facing bust with long textured beard and robes; flanking motifs. 2.37 grams, 22.47 mm overall, 20.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Two Saints
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid bezel with two facing nimbate figures in floor-length robes. 2.86 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 20.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Group
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising one equal-armed with five punched holes; one with expanding arms and punched ring-and-dot decoration to one face; one similar with added discoid terminals at each arm; all with an attachment loop to the top. 18.4 grams total, 29-54 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
