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22 aprile 2022 ore 15:00 CEST (14:00 BST)
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LOT 270:
An early Christian gold marriage ring. Two portraits.
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Sold for: £7,000
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1,000
Estimated price :
£1,500 - £2,500
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An early Christian gold marriage ring. Two portraits.
5th century A.D.
Bezel diam. 12 mm; ring size 14 x 17 mm; 10,56 gr.
With plain circular hoop, expanding into a circular massive bezel with engraved design; a double portrait with inscriptions (partial erased). A man on the left and a woman on the right in frontal view. On top, a cross (partially consumed). Below, an inscription rends OMONOIA (harmony).
Parallel: for two similar examples in the Dumbarton Oaks collection, Washington D.C., see A. Lazaridou, Transition to Christianity, Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th Century AD, 2011, p. 110, nos 59 and 60, S. Zwain explains "OMONOIA is the most frequent inscription on marriage rings of this period.
Provenance: UK private collection.
