Bidspirit auction | BYZANTINE SILVER RING WITH INSCRIPTION

BYZANTINE SILVER RING WITH INSCRIPTION _____ ______ - Ca. AD 900 - 1100. A silver ring with a broad expanding hoop rising to a round bezel. The bezel is enclosed by a notched border and engraved with a cross and the letter theta (_) above the Greek invocation “_____ ______”. Each shoulder is ornamented with an incised foliate scroll.For similar see: J. Bagot, El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 572.Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 28gProvenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.