BYZANTINE SILVER RING WITH SAINT JOHN AND INSCRIPTION

Ca. AD 900 - 1100. A silver ring with a flat-section, slender hoop and angular shoulders expanding to a rectangular bezel engraved with the nimbate figure of Saint John slightly turned to the side, the body in cross-hatched drapery and letters in the field. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.190.677. Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 5g Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market acquisition, 1980s.