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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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Byzantine Gold Ring with Inscription
Circa 7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Slender hoop and integral scaphoid plaque, three-line Greek legend 'KEBO IΘI ANACTACI'. 2.08 grams, 20.81 mm overall, 18.42 x 15.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
The ring belongs to the category of Romano-Eastern rings with an applied bezel, a type particularly common between the 6th and 8th centuries AD. The inscription recites 'KE BOIΘI ANACTACI'. i.e. ‘Κύριε Boήθει Aναστασi’ (Lord help Anastasius). -
Byzantine Period Mosaic Glass Bangle
Circa 8th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Square-section hoop from black glass with green, red and yellow decoration to the outer face. 50.4 grams, 89 mm
From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Ring Bezel with Facing Saints
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid in plan with incuse equal-arm cross between two opposed bearded figures; old label to reverse. 3.98 grams, 21 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
