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LOT 0198
Byzantine Gold Ring Depicting the Virgin and Christ with Inscription
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (8.09 grams, 20.91 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Thick flat-section hoop with incised legend 'ΑΓIOC ΑΓIOC ΑΓIOC KYPIOC' (holy holy holy Lord); oblate bezel with Mary Theotokos and infant, flanked by crosses potent and feint Greek legend to the border 'K[...]ΛHI / [..]OCHΘI'.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13416-259786.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487, for type; Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between IV and VII century, in Italian), Bari, 1999, p.206, for the type, especially no.20.
FootnotesThe ring belongs to the type of Eastern Roman band rings featuring a sheet-metal bezel, common between the 6th and 7th centuries. The inscription "thrice Holy" (*Aghios-Aghios-Aghios*) refers to the Cherubikon hymn, while the protective formula *K[YPIE] / [B]OHΘI* ...*ΛHI*.... ("Lord, help *ΛHI*") refers to the ring's owner.
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LOT 0198
Byzantine Gold Ring Depicting the Virgin and Christ with Inscription
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,500 (EUR 1,740; USD 2,025) ‡+BP*
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7th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flat in section with pierced lug and suspension ring, lightly inscribed to the ends of the arms 'NI / KA / HC / ΛC'. 10.3 grams, 56 mm
Acquired in Munich, Germany, in 2001. European private collection. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone with Cross
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Round-section hoop with ellipsoid cell to the bezel flanked by granule clusters; inset carnelian cloison with incised cross potent, 'A' at the foot and profile bust. 1.97 grams, 21.42 mm overall, 17.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Silver Temple Ring
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With rounded hoop supporting an arcade with a disc above. 8.90 grams, 33.70 mm overall, 20.40 x 18.72 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.
