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LOT 1450
Byzantine Engraved Bone Spindle Whorl with Birds Below Canopy
CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (7.78 grams, 17.78 mm).
Barrel-shaped with incised ring-and-dot ornament forming an arcade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 1450
Byzantine Engraved Bone Spindle Whorl with Birds Below Canopy
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 Bronze Ring Bezel with Saints
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid type with two nimbate figures flanking an altar. 4.42 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
With raised disc to the bezel, incised enigmatic legend 'COΛON / ΠΝΛΕΜ / YΛA'. 6.23 grams, 21.12 mm overall, 16.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, before 1992; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Ring with Inscribed Bezel
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Plain lentoid-section bronze hoop with applied rectangular bezel; pointillé border enclosing retrograde legend 'KOC/TOC'. 4.11 grams, 23.54 mm overall, 18.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Possibly intended for the personal name 'Kostas', a shortened form of Κωνσταντίνος (Constantine).
