BYZANTINE GOLD AND NIELLO RELIGIOUS RING
Ca.800-1200 AD. A Medieval gold finger-ring with slender flat hoop decorated applied oval bezel engraved in intaglio with niello, a bearded saint holding the right arm in front of chest and halo around the head; Bezel depicts Jesus Christ with "TAY" script in niello. band inscribed also in Ancient Greek - "PH?" - ?rchangel "?I", "NHC" Nikator Xrictoc - Jesus Christ Victorious. Fine condition; wearable; D:16mm/L:20mm; UK K US 5; 7g; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980/90s.
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Ca.800-1200 AD. A Medieval gold finger-ring with slender flat hoop decorated applied oval bezel engraved in intaglio with niello, a bearded saint holding the right arm in front of chest and halo around the head; Bezel depicts Jesus Christ with "TAY" script in niello. band inscribed also in Ancient Greek - "PH?" - ?rchangel "?I", "NHC" Nikator Xrictoc - Jesus Christ Victorious. Fine condition; wearable; D:16mm/L:20mm; UK K US 5; 7g; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980/90s.
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