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LOT 1151
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.65 grams, 23.80 mm overall, 18.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
D-section hoop with keeled shoulders, polygonal bezel with a stylised nimbate figure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the type Crajovan, B., ‘Inele medievale cu şi fără chaton descoperite pe teritoriul jud. Timiş, România,’ in Patrimonium Banaticum IX, 2019, pp.167–175, pl.3/5.
FootnotesThis category of rings had a hexagonal-rounded chaton raised above the link. Conforming to the iconography of the Orthodox countries under the influence of Byzantium, the possible decoration was related to military saints.
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LOT 1151
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Warrior Saint
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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