Byzantine Gold Ring with Red Gemstone

4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (3.79 grams, 17.74 mm overall, 14.14 mm internal diameter).

With slender hoop and ellipsoid bezel flanked at each shoulder by two granules, beaded wire collar, inset intaglio olive tree flanked by bullrushes.

Provenance

Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 482, for type.

CONDITION

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