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LOT 1409
Byzantine Bronze Ring with St George
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.22 grams, 24.96 mm overall, 19.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
With faceted hoop and disc bezel, incuse nimbate horseman with spear and crescent above horse's head.
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 492, for type.
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LOT 1409
Byzantine Bronze Ring with St George
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Saint
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Opening Bid: £50
Tongue-shaped plaque with incised female figure in orans gesture to one face, concentric ring pattern in three columns to the other face; attachment loop to the top. 3.87 grams, 25 mm
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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Figure
Circa 11th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With scaphoid bezel, low-relief standing nimbate figure with wings spread laterally. 3.66 grams, 25.29 mm overall, 19.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
