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LOT 0319
Migration Period Gold Ring with Inscribed Silver Inlay
ITALY, 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.50 grams, 23.40 mm overall, 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Round-section hoop with applied granule trefoil to each shoulder, ellipsoid bezel with beaded wire collar, stepped cell, inset silver plaque with niello-filled design of a stylised portrait bust with legend above '+MISI[T]'; inked legend to reverse 'f20' and old Christie's tag. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Christies, sale 3498, 11 December 2014, lot 291.
Accompanied by an original Christie's lot tag.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487, for type.
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LOT 0319
Migration Period Gold Ring with Inscribed Silver Inlay
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Carolingian Bone Comb
8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Lentoid in section with thick-cut teeth to one edge and fine-cut to the other. 15.09 grams, 82 mm
Ex private central European collection. with Tkalec AG, Limmatquai 48, Zurich, early 2000s. Acquired from the above, 2006. -
Dark Age Bronze Ring with Two Figures and Cross
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising a penannular shank and square plaque, pointillé bands to the shoulders, two linear figures holding a cross in their conjoined hands; possibly matrimonial. 11.14 grams, 25.70 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Merovingian Bronze Inscribed Ring
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With broad disc bezel and shank formed from two lateral arms; low-relief central ring with pseudo-text in the tondo. 1.63 grams, 18.43 mm overall, 16.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
