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LOT 0216
Byzantine Silver Ring with Gold Bezel with Inscription
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.41 grams, 26.22 mm overall, 19.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
C-section hoop with flared shoulders, bezel with discoid cell and gold cap, legend '+ AΓΙΑ / ΜΑΡΙΑBO / HΘΙΔΑΥ / ΙΘΙΟΥ / *+*' (Holy Mary, help your servant Iohannes).
ProvenanceAcquired from Derek Content.
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a typed and signed invoice from Derek Content.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 481, for type.
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LOT 0216
Byzantine Silver Ring with Gold Bezel with Inscription
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Cross
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With tapering shoulders, ellipsoid plaque, incuse complex monogram with 'E, O, V, K' and other letters. 5.62 grams, 23.61 mm overall, 18.17 x 16.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Gold Ring with IHS Monogram
Circa 11th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
With stepped shoulders ornamented with foliate detailing, discoid bezel with concentric rings and 'IHS' legend. 6.56 grams, 22.65 mm overall, 19.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
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.13417-259787.
The ring bears the inscription IHS, a monogram representing the Holy Name of Jesus. This monogram derives from the combination of the three letters I (iota), H (eta), and S (sigma)—the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus, ΙΗΣΟΥΣ. The inscription was likely added by a Latin between the 11th and 12th centuries to a ring forged in Byzantium, or the ring itself may be considered a product of the Latins of the East, the Crusaders of Outremer. -
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Enkolpion with hinged loop, nimbate figure of Virgin Mary in orans pose to obverse, Corpus Christi to reverse. 20.83 grams, 58 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
