Byzantine Gold Ring with Monogram

CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (3.25 grams, 21.84 mm overall, 16.96 x 17.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).

Oblate bezel with incuse monogram comprising 'IΦωY' and a cross.

Provenance

Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between the IV and VII centuries, in Italian), Bari, 1999, pp. 199, 199ff, for the type, especially no.15, from Syracuse.

Footnotes

The ring belongs to the category of Eastern Roman rings with an applied bezel, a type particularly common between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. Although some letters have been effaced, this ring appears to bear the monogram '[TΡ]ΙΦω[ΝO]Y' (of Trifonos).

CONDITION

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The Kal Noselson Byzantine Collection (Lots 197-221 & 1396-1447)

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