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LOT 0330
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,840
BYZANTINE GOLD EPIGRAPHIC MARRIAGE RING
4TH CENTURY AD
3/4" (12 grams, 21mm overall, 18.18mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 8, Europe 17.15, Japan 16)).
4TH CENTURY AD
3/4" (12 grams, 21mm overall, 18.18mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 8, Europe 17.15, Japan 16)).
A D-section hoop with split and scrolled ends supporting a rectangular bezel with intaglio design of two busts with diadems facing each other with a cross and orb between; dextrograde Greek text 'ΖυΓΟC ΑΗΝΟCIOC' (zygos meaning a union or joining) with lunate sigmas.
PROVENANCE:
From the Walsh Miller collection, Florida, USA.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Byzantine marriage rings with similar iconography in Ross M.C. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, items 50, 51, 52.
