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LOT 1397
Byzantine Iron Ring with Silver Inscribed Bezel
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.65 grams, 27.68 mm overall, 18.66 x 19.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Comprising a narrow D-section hoop with segmented projections, cup bezel with silver panel to upper face, inscribed 'ΗΛΙΑΔΕΒΟΗΘΙ' (Iliad ...).
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, items 436, 463, 483, for type.
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LOT 1397
Byzantine Iron Ring with Silver Inscribed Bezel
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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Heavy Byzantine Gold Ring with Monogram
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Substantial hoop with integral rosette bezel, ring-and-dot motifs to the upper face surrounding a monogram including 'ΝIKΟΥ' and other letters. 14.74 grams, 27.85 mm overall, 20.28 x 18.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Private 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.13413-259782.
The ring belongs to the category of Eastern Roman rings featuring a polygonal band and an applied bezel, a type particularly common in the 7th century A.D. It bears the monogram ΝIKΟΥ (of Nikos). -
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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Inscription
7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
D-section hoop with integral disc bezel, incised Greek legend '·: MI / XAHΛ / ΩKAΛ / ΩAAB'. 9.19 grams, 21.87 mm overall, 17.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Pendant
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed as a column of three bulbs with four radiating bulbs near the end, ring with loop. 19 grams, 43 mm including loops
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
