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LOT 1440
Large Byzantine Bronze Ring with Triangular Bezel with Flaming Torch and Incription
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (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)).
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.
ProvenancePrivate 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.
Cf. Dalton, O.M., The Franks Bequest Catalogue of Finger Rings, London, 1912, item 919; Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 467.
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LOT 1440
Large Byzantine Bronze Ring with Triangular Bezel with Flaming Torch and Incription
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Circa 10th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
D-shaped in plan with spur above, laterally pierced; spur with incised cross, reserved border framing a patriarchal two-barred cross. 1 grams, 17 mm
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Byzantine Bronze Seal Matrix with Inscription
Circa 14th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £180
Comprising a bulbous ribbed shank with loop above, bell-shaped base with four radiating busts with band of abraded text beneath; underside with pelleted border and Greek legend 'N / INOM / ΛΙΓOP / OIΘIΓ / KEb'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.8 grams, 27 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Gold Pendant with Gold Figure of Archangel Gabriel in Rock Crystal
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Biconvex in section with gold frame and beaded edge, ribbed loop above; reserved winged figure with processional cross. 4.66 grams, 25 mm
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.13425-259853.
The angel was probably taken from an original seal showing the Archangel Gabriel visiting Mary and then transformed into a pendant. The motifs on the stamp seals are predominantly religious in nature and include images of Christ and the saints, which could suggest that they were used for clerical purposes—perhaps in monasteries.
