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LOT 1433
Massive Byzantine Bronze Glove Ring with Religious Inscription
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (33.33 grams, 43.61 mm overall, 22.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+1 1/2, USA 13, Europe 30.69, Japan 29)).
Substantial hoop with conical bezel, incuse legend 'OHEa/TBAIΘI/IHANI'.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 637, 638, for type.
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LOT 1433
Massive Byzantine Bronze Glove Ring with Religious Inscription
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Bronze Bracelet Chain Section with Busts
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising a bifacial disc with segmented border, articulated at each end with a segmented ring attached; obverse with incuse nimbate facing bust of Christ with cross and flanking 'IC HC' legend; reverse with facing nimbate female bust with hands in orans pose. 13.6 grams, 66 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Gold Ring with Square Bezel and Inscription
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Flat rectangular bezel flanked at each shoulder by a cluster of granules, border of punched triangles enclosing Greek legend 'ΘEOΔΟPA K C'. 4.92 grams, 21.72 mm overall, 18.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
The ring belongs to an unconventional category of 6th-century A.D. Eastern Roman rings, featuring a rectangular bezel and the junction of the bezel and hoop with six gold pellets at each shoulder. The inscription could be interpreted as 'ΘEOΔΟPAK[I]C' (of Theodorakis). -
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Byzantine Steatite Mount with Saint John the Theologian
10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Showing a bust of a man dressed in a cloak and with his head turned to look over his shoulder, possibly depicting St John; rectangular in plan with rounded corners. 2.52 grams, 19 mm
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, 2003. Private collection, Europe.
