TWO BYZANTINE SILVER RINGS
TWO BYZANTINE SILVER RINGS

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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TWO BYZANTINE SILVER RINGS
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
One with disc bezel engraved with an eagle facing left with outspread wings, a cross in the field above; the other engraved with a Greek cruciform monogram reading the 'seal of John'
Item one: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) across hoop; ring size U; Item two: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) acroos hoop; ring size Q (2)
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired in the 1990s.

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Lot Essay

Similar representations of eagles can be found on sceptres of consuls and on coins of the late 6th Century A.D., cf., L. Wamser and G. Zahlhaas, Rom und Byzanz: Archäologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, Munich, 1998, nos 331-333.

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