Post Byzantine Silver Ring with Saint

CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (5.30 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 18.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).

D-section hoop and integral disc bezel, incuse standing nimbate figure with Greek legend 'VHΙΓΛAIA' (Aglaia meaning 'beautiful'). [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 2377