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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 Bronze Ring with Cross
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant with Reverse Inscription
10th-12th century AD.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Heavy cross pendant showing a nimbate robed figure on one side holding a staff and a thurible, a Greek inscription on the reverse. 36 grams, 65 mm
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Large Byzantine Bronze Ring with Triangular Bezel with Flaming Torch and Incription
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Plain hoop with integral triangular bezel; central incuse flaming torch motif within border with legend '+ HACOCOPHOC[...]IC : EHTEXVAC [..]TINO ; NEOIC[...]'; with copy of Chadour's catalogue page (German) with description of a similar ring. 15.48 grams, 29.66 mm overall, 21.66 x 19.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an offprint of a similar ring from Chadour's catalogue.
