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LOT 1399
Byzantine Ring with Inscribed Bezel
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (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)).
Plain lentoid-section bronze hoop with applied rectangular bezel; pointillé border enclosing retrograde legend 'KOC/TOC'.
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 478, for type.
FootnotesPossibly intended for the personal name 'Kostas', a shortened form of Κωνσταντίνος (Constantine).
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LOT 1399
Byzantine Ring with Inscribed Bezel
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £500
Round-section hoop with ellipsoid cell to the bezel flanked by granule clusters; inset carnelian cloison with incised cross potent, 'A' at the foot and profile bust. 1.97 grams, 21.42 mm overall, 17.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Large Byzantine Bronze Ring with Triangular Bezel with Flaming Torch and Incription
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Plain hoop with integral triangular bezel; central incuse flaming torch motif within border with legend '+ HACOCOPHOC[...]IC : EHTEXVAC [..]TINO ; NEOIC[...]'; with copy of Chadour's catalogue page (German) with description of a similar ring. 15.48 grams, 29.66 mm overall, 21.66 x 19.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an offprint of a similar ring from Chadour's catalogue. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring Bezel with Saints
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid type with two nimbate figures flanking an altar. 4.42 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
