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LOT 0201
Byzantine Gold Ring with Engraved Tetragram
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (8.06 grams, 24.19 mm overall, 20.04 x 18.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Oblate bezel with recessed panel in the upper face, reserved tetragram with letters 'B O H Θ H C o ν, K y p I E' = 'Help, Lord'; traces of enamel fill.
ProvenanceAcquired from Derek Content, 8 May 1976.
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, 8 May 1976.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13408- 259828.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 494, for an earlier version of the type.
FootnotesThe invocation Βοήθησον, Κύριε(Help, Lord) is common in Eastern Roman tetragrams. It was the usual invocation used in baptism or other religious celebrations, but also a strong appeal for help from the Almighty in war or in other difficulties. Therefore, the inscription on the ring can be assumed to have a prophylactic function.
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LOT 0201
Byzantine Gold Ring with Engraved Tetragram
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £50
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Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Pink Cabochon
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
