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LOT 1823
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Stylised Eagle
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.73 grams, 23.32 mm overall, 19.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Comprising a D-section hoop and a rectangular bezel with a standing eagle facing left before a branch. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1823
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Stylised Eagle
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Merovingian Bronze Ring with Stylised Eagle
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a D-section hoop and a rectangular bezel with a standing eagle facing left before a branch. 2.73 grams, 23.32 mm overall, 19.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Migration Period Horn Comb
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Trapezoidal type with saw-cut teeth to each long edge, one group coarse and the other fine. 14.95 grams, 71 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant with Dark Age Inscription to Reverse
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Of Byzantine type, obverse with low-relief Corpus Christi; reverse with enigmatic legend '[?] NIXIXIN'. 31.77 grams, 72 mm
Ex R Ungar, Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2006. From an important North London, UK, private collection.
The reverse may bear a blundered attempt at the 'INRI' legend, which appears in Byzantine and late Roman art, for Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum 'Jesus King of the Jews'.
