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LOT 0222
Byzantine Silver-Gilt Ring with Saint
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.13 grams, 24.45 mm overall, 20.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With round-section hoop and integral discoid plaque, tondo with intaglio of a robed nimbate figure with one arm raised facing a similar figure, all between fronds.
ProvenanceEx M.N. London collection, 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 481, for type.
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LOT 0222
Byzantine Silver-Gilt Ring with Saint
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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