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LOT 1472
Byzantine Period Mosaic Glass Bangle
CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (60.3 grams, 95 mm).
Square-section hoop from black glass with orange, yellow and blue bands to the outer face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s.
From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.
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LOT 1472
Byzantine Period Mosaic Glass Bangle
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Byzantine Ring with Inscribed Bezel
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Plain lentoid-section bronze hoop with applied rectangular bezel; pointillé border enclosing retrograde legend 'KOC/TOC'. 4.11 grams, 23.54 mm overall, 18.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Possibly intended for the personal name 'Kostas', a shortened form of Κωνσταντίνος (Constantine). -
Byzantine Large Bronze Weight with Cupid Riding a Lion
4th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Discoid with raised border enclosing a low-relief monogram to the obverse, a low-relief of a winged cupid riding a lion and playing a harp to the reverse. 42 grams, 43 mm
Ex gentlemans collection,1990s, acquired 1999. -
Byzantine Gold Ring with Greek Inscription in Niello
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With discoid bezel, nielloed running wave border enclosing an equal-arm cross and legend 'EΛΙCCEOY'. 7.64 grams, 23.02 mm overall, 18.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
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.13423-259839.
The ring belongs to the category of Eastern Roman rings with an applied bezel, a type particularly common between the 6th and 8th centuries A.D. The inscription recites 'EΛΙCCEOY’ (belonging to Elisseus).
