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LOT 0203
Byzantine Gold Ring with Inscription
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.08 grams, 20.81 mm overall, 18.42 x 15.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Slender hoop and integral scaphoid plaque, three-line Greek legend 'KEBO IΘI ANACTACI'.
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 474; 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), Bari, 1999, p.199ff., for the type, especially nos.16.
FootnotesThe ring belongs to the category of Romano-Eastern rings with an applied bezel, a type particularly common between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. The inscription recites 'KE BOIΘI ANACTACI'. i.e. ‘Κύριε Boήθει Aναστασi’ (Lord help Anastasius).
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LOT 0203
Byzantine Gold Ring with Inscription
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Gold Marriage Ring with Inscription
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Round-section hoop with discoid bezel incuse image of two front-facing busts wearing beaded headdresses between a cross, legend 'ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ' (harmony, unity) below; supplied with an impression. 7.81 grams, 21.81 mm overall, 18.33 x 17.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Mayfair gallery, London, UK, 1990s. From a Surrey, UK, gentleman’s Christian collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13542-263292.
The marriage ring is one of the typologies in which figural decorations are frequently found. Generally speaking, marriage rings are engraved with a representation of a husband and wife dressed as an Imperial couple, sometimes accompanied by Christ or by a cross, and usually engraved with wishes for 'harmony, health and the grace of God'. Rings of this type had been used since the late 4th century A.D. and remained extremely popular in Byzantium in the 6th and 7th centuries. -
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Dished type with vertical sidewall and open centre, basal ring and inked ' 422' legend. 120 grams, 10 cm
Ex important German collection, 1970s onwards. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Group
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising one equal-armed with five punched holes; one with expanding arms and punched ring-and-dot decoration to one face; one similar with added discoid terminals at each arm; all with an attachment loop to the top. 18.4 grams total, 29-54 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
