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LOT 1416
Byzantine Gilt Bronze Ring with Christ
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.37 grams, 22.47 mm overall, 20.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
With flat discoid bezel, facing bust with long textured beard and robes; flanking motifs.
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 480, for type.
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LOT 1416
Byzantine Gilt Bronze Ring with Christ
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Christ and Inscription
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Opening Bid: £50
Ellipsoid bezel with median nimbate figure standing robed with one hand raised, enigmatic Greek legend to the border. 2.47 grams, 22.35 mm overall, 19.57 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.
