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LOT 0214
Heavy Byzantine Gold Ring with Monogram
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.58 grams, 27.31 mm overall, 19.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With oblate bezel, cruciform monogram incorporating 'ΛΩΑΥ'.
ProvenancePrivate 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.13412-259781.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487; Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between the IV and VII centuries, in Italian), Bari, 1999, pp.199ff, for the type, especially no.20, from Athens, Benaki Museum.
FootnotesThe ring belongs to the category of Eastern Roman rings with an applied bezel, a type particularly common between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. Similar to a ring held at the Benaki Museum in Athens, this ring bears the monogram ΙΩΑΝΟΥ (of Iohannes), likely belonging to the Consul of the same name—a high-ranking Imperial official active during the 6th and 7th centuries.
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LOT 0214
Heavy Byzantine Gold Ring with Monogram
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Stone Amulet with Engraved Christ
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
D-shaped in plan with raised rim to the obverse, facing bust with nimbus and cross; inked collector's labels to reverse. 2.53 grams, 18 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land, circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Oval body with a central filler hole, ribbed handle to the rear, and the base with four ring-and-dot motifs. 95 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex J. Zadok & Sons, 18, King David Road, Jerusalem, Israel. From the G.H. Freelander collection, formed in the late 1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip. -
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Byzantine Gold Ring with Married Couple
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Discoid bezel incuse image of two facing busts with beaded headdresses, legend 'ΘΕΟΥ' (belonging to god) below, later round-section hoop. 3.24 grams, 21.00 mm overall, 14.95 x 17.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13489-262461.
Some types of marriage rings exhibit schematic images of the couple in either formal bust form or full length. The bride and groom flank usually a cross and/or a figure of Christ, identifiable by his cruciform nimbus. Christ blesses the couple by joining their hands or by resting his own hands on their shoulders. Here the image of Christ is substituted by the inscription ‘of God’, with the meaning that the marriage is holy and belongs to God.
