BYZANTINE SOLID SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH MONOGRAM
Ca. AD 500 - 700. A silver ring with a narrow hoop and small pellets at the shoulders. The broad lobed bezel is engraved and nielloed with a cruciform monogram with expanded terminals and a long horizontal arm. Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 5g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier circulating on the Netherlands art market in the 1980s.
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Ca. AD 500 - 700. A silver ring with a narrow hoop and small pellets at the shoulders. The broad lobed bezel is engraved and nielloed with a cruciform monogram with expanded terminals and a long horizontal arm. Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 5g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier circulating on the Netherlands art market in the 1980s.