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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint
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LOT 1053

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (3.23 grams, 20.48 mm overall, 18.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14..35, Japan 13)).

Comprising a slender hoop with gently expanding shoulders, an oval bezel with a stylised standing figure holding a spear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Цуњак, М., Марковић-Николић, Љ., Античке и средњовековне некрополе Смедерева (Ancient and Medieval Necropolises of Smederevo, in Serbian), Смедерево, 1997, p.94, for the type of ring.

Footnotes

These kind of rings, possibly signet rings, find their parallels with artefacts from Eastern Europe, especially in the area of Smederevo. Comparison elements allow us to propose a 14th-15th A.D. date. In the Orthodox world, military saints were common representations, although engraved simplistically.

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LOT 1053

Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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