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LOT 1406
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Double Cross
CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.50 grams, 21.40 mm overall, 18.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Flat hoop with transverse ribbing to the shoulders, disc bezel with two crosses potent in an incuse border. [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 489, for type.
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LOT 1406
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Double Cross
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Gold Ring with Monogram
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Oblate bezel with incuse monogram comprising 'IΦωY' and a cross. 3.25 grams, 21.84 mm overall, 16.96 x 17.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
The ring belongs to the category of Eastern Roman rings with an applied bezel, a type particularly common between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. Although some letters have been effaced, this ring appears to bear the monogram '[TΡ]ΙΦω[ΝO]Y' (of Trifonos). -
Byzantine Bronze Pendant
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed as a column of three bulbs with four radiating bulbs near the end, ring with loop. 19 grams, 43 mm including loops
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Rock Crystal Pendant Seal with Engraved Cross
Circa 7th-8th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Bullet-shaped with flat top and transverse piercing; underside with incuse wreath border, cross pommy and flanking legend 'ΓΛ / ΛΡ'. 5.49 grams, 19 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
