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LOT 1421
Byzantine Silver Ring with Niello and Monogram
CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.33 grams, 22.05 mm overall, 18.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Plano-convex in section with incised heart to each shoulder, pelleted border to the bezel enclosing a monogram with central 'Φ' and 'T, B, Υ, N'.
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 492, for type.
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LOT 1421
Byzantine Silver Ring with Niello and Monogram
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) ‡+BP*
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