Diam. of hoop 2.8x2.3, Dim. of bezel 0.7x0.5 cm.

Gold and sapphire.

Late Roman.
Donation by Vlastos.
Athens, Byzantine Museum, B.M. 2554

Diam. of hoop 2.9-1.8, Dim. of bezel 1.9x1.7 cm.

Gold and sardius.
Late Roman.
Purchase.
Athens, Byzantine Museum, B.M. 4062
 Diam. of hoop 2.1, Dim. of bezel 0.6x0.7 cm.
Gold.
5th-6th c.
Purchased.
Athens, Byzantine Museum, B.M. 2680

Fine wire hoop with an astragal worked in relief and a cylindrical bezel formed of delicate
colonnettes. On the upper surface is engraved the four-line inscription
YÃIA MAKEÄONIÙ (Health to Macedonios).
 3.194
Diam. of bezel 1.1, Diam.
of hoop 2 cm.
Gold.
Early 6th c.
Unknown provenance.
Athens, P. and Al.
Kanellopoulos Museum,
78

Finger-ring consisting of a
plain hoop, to which is
affixed a calyx with six
lanceolate petals holding a
disk-shaped bezel. On this
is an engraving of Christ
wearing a long cloak and
holding two figures by the
hand, one male and one
female. The bezel is
bordered by tiny spheres at
the ends of the petals
placed symmetrically
around the bezel.
The scene depicted is commonly found on wedding-rings.
3.195
Diam. 2 cm. Silver, hammered and a glass stone. 5th-6th c. Early Christian cemetery
at Porto Rafti, Attica, grave 134. Athens, First EBA, 4419
 3.196
Diam. of hoop 2.4, Dim. of bezel 1.5x1.1 cm.
Bronze.
6th c. (?).
Donation by N. Karageorgos.
Athens, Byzantine Museum, B.M. 4098
Signet-ring with a plain wire hoop and an
oval bezel with the bust of an angel in
intaglio.

3.197
Diam. 2.1 cm.Silver, enamel. 6th c.
From a grave at the Early Christian basilica at Tigani,
Mani. Athens, Byzantine Museum

The hoop is of silver sheet. The round bezel, 1.6 cm. in diameter, has
two rings on the edge with four links between them. This deep border
is filled with enamel; against the green background is depicted a
standing peacock with an antenna that ends in a heart-shaped finial
on its head. The bird is worked with a few coloured panels enclosed in
fine strips of gold, and is distinguished by its naturalism and lively
stance
3.212
Diam. of hoop 2.1, Dim. of bezel 0.8x0.7 cm. Gold. 6th-7th c. Oreoi, Euboea. Athens,
Byzantine Museum, B.M. 2975
Finger-ring with a wire hoop to which is applied a rectangular bezel engraved with the
monogram-seal οΩΫEONTIοΩΫ (Leontios) (cf. Zacos-Veglery 1972, pl. 237, no. 304).
3.230
Diam. of hoop 1.8, Dim. of bezel 0.9x1.1 cm.
Gold with hammered decoration.
7th c.
Mytilini, Kratigos treasure.
Athens, Byzantine Museum
3.229
Diam. of hoop 1.8, Diam. of bezel 1 cm.
Gold with hammered decoration.
7th c.
Mytilini, Kratigos treasure.
Athens, Byzantine Museum
 3.236
Diam. of hoop 1.4-1.8 cm., Dim. of bezel 1.1x0.03 cm. Gold. 9th c. Unknown
provenance. Athens, P. and Al. Kanellopoulos Museum, 139

Small gold finger-ring with a spindle-shaped hoop of circular section, to which is affixed
a long, narrow bezel engraved with the inscription MYCTIKON.
In Byzantine times, mystikos was the title of the secretary in charge of the emperor's
personal correspondence.
 Finger-ring of the modern period,
the bezel of which is a reused gold
follis of the emperor Theophilos
3.237 (AD 829-842), struck at the
Diam. of hoop 2, Diam. of bezel 1.1 cm. Syracuse mint. Both sides of the
Gold. coin have a bust of the emperor
Coin of the 9th c. wearing a crown and holding a
Unknown provenance. sphere. Around the edge is the
Athens, P. and Al. Kanellopoulos Museum, 237 inscription »EO÷IΥOC (Theophilos).
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3.238
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Diam. of hoop 2.6, Dim. of bezel 2.3x1.7 cm.

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Bronze gilt. 9th-10th c. Purchase.

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Athens, Byzantine Museum, B.M. 1542

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3.239
Diam. 2, Th. 0.1, Diam. of bezel 1.1 cm.
Bronze.
Middle Byzantine period (after the
middle of the 9th c.).
Redina, outside the west side of the
extreme tower ? 1.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine
Culture, BKO 79
 Band ring with a
circular bezel engraved
with a depiction of a
military saint inscribed
within a circle. At either
side of the bezel are a
row of dots and a spiral

3.249
Diam. 1.8, Diam. of bezel 1, Th. 0.1 cm.
Bronze, cast, engraved. 10th-12th c. Grave in the grounds of the church of Profitis Ilias
at Ayios Dimitrios, Pieria. Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture, BKO 126/ε
 3.250
Diam. 2.2, Dim. of bezel
1.3x1.1, Th. 0.1 cm.Bronze,
cast, engraved. 10th-12th
c.Grave in the grounds of
the church of Profitis Ilias at
Ayios Dimitrios, Pieria.
Thessaloniki, Museum of
Byzantine Culture, BKO
126/δ

Band ring with an elliptical ring-punched bezel with an engraved linear motif. The
shoulders have ring-punched decoration.
 3.251
Diam. 2, Dim. of bezel 1x0.7, Th. 0.1-0.2
cm. Bronze, cast, engraved. 10th-12th c.
Grave in the grounds of the church of
Profitis Ilias at Ayios Dimitrios, Pieria.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture,
BKO 126/β

3.252
Diam. 2, Dim. of bezel 1.1x0.6, Th. 0.1-0.2
cm. Bronze, cast. 10th-12th c. Grave in the
grounds of the church of Profitis Ilias at
Ayios Dimitrios, Pieria. Thessaloniki,
Museum of Byzantine Culture, BKO 126/α
3.253
Diam. 2, Dim. of bezel 1x0.7, Th. 0.2-0.4 cm.
Bronze, cast, engraved. 10th-12th c.
Grave in the grounds of the church of Profitis Ilias at Ayios Dimitrios, Pieria.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture, BKO 126/ψ
 3.266
Diam. 2.5, Th. 0.4, Diam. of bezel 1.4
cm. Stone: Diam. 1, H. 0.5 cm.
Bronze and glass. 10th-12th c. Basilica
near Philippi Museum, grave 4.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine
Culture, BοΩΫ 83-BKO 3

3.267
Th. 0.1, Diam. 1.6, W. of hoop 0.4-0.8, Diam.
of hoop 1.6 cm.
Bronze, hammered and engraved. 12th c.
Pydna, Middle Byzantine church.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine Culture,
BKO 182/8
 3.268
Diam. 2.2, Th. 0.5, Dim. of bezel 1.3x0.8
cm.
Glass.12th-13th c. Pydna, Middle
Byzantine church.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine
Culture, BYοΩΫ 9/2

3.270
Diam. 2.1, Diam. of bezel 1.4-1.6 cm.
Bronze.Middle Byzantine period. Redina,
Sector E, ENA - T6.
Thessaloniki, Museum of Byzantine
Culture, Redina, οΩΫ 196
3.286
Inner Diam. 1.8, W. of hoop 0.6 cm.
Silver gilt, with filigree and granulated decoration and semiprecious stones.
11th-12th c.Thebes, excavation of the Tzoumanis plot near the Isminion.
Athens, First EBA, 4843
 3.289
Diam. of hoop 2.6, Diam. of
bezel 1.7 cm. Silver with relief
decoration and niello.13th-14th c.
Unknown provenance. Athens,
Byzantine Museum, K. 370

Finger-ring with a heavy, massive hoop, flat on the inside and curved on the exterior,
with geometric decoration in niello. The hoop ends in two stylised relief busts on either
side of the integral bezel. The bezel is disk-shaped and has the monogram BοΩΫACIOC
(Blasios), surmounted by the inscription + O MEοΩΫAXPHNOC (Melachrinos). The
owner of the ring probably belonged to the Melachrinos family known in the 13th-14th
century.
 3.290
Diam. 2.1 cm.
Gold with engraved decoration.
14th c.
Unknown provenance.
Athens, Benaki Museum, 11839

In this inscribed signet-ring, the hoop widens at the shoulder and ends in a circular bezel
with a flat surface, which is divided into two concentric circles by engraved lines. At the
centre is a cross-monogram; the outer circle is occupied by the inscription + TOY
EYMOP÷O–OYΥOY (of Eumorphopoulos) engraved in reverse. The name corresponds
with the cross-monogram, and the fact that it is engraved in reverse confirms that this is
a signet-ring. It probably belonged to a member of the aristocratic Eumorphopoulos
family of Mystras.
Врачанско
Athens, Byzantine Museum, T 1664. Silver ring with circular bezel
bearing the monogram-seal
BËACIOC O MEËAXPHNOC. Diameter: 2.8 cm. l3th - l4th
centuries.
КОЛАНИ
3.227
L. 95 cm.
Gold with hammered decoration.
7th c.
Mytilini, Kratigos treasure.
Athens, Byzantine Museum
 The belt is composed of a chain of large rings, 1.1 cm. in diameter, linked together by
two smaller integral rings. One end consists of a simple hook, and the other of a pendant
crescent-shaped ornament. The inner side of the crescent has two arches, with two
smaller pendants hanging face to face from each of the resulting three points.
This valuable belt is one of the few Byzantine examples of its kind, which have been
demonstrated to be wedding presents, especially from the groom to the bride (Ross
1965, p. 39, citing the belt offered by the Syrian St. Alexios to the bride in the nuptial
chamber). This feature of the ornament is emphasised here by the open-work decoration
on the front of the crescent, where two peacocks face each other with the tree of life
between them, a motif symbolising the long life to which the main benediction in the
marriage ceremony refers.
3.228
L. 104.5 cm.
Gold with hammered decoration.
7th c.
Mytilini, Kratigos treasure.
Athens, Byzantine Museum
5th-6th c. From a grave at the Early Christian basilica at Tigani, Mani.

Gold with hammered decoration.

7th c. Mytilini, Kratigos treasure.
Девинска Нова вес, пресована украса, 7 в.

Холияре, пресована, 7 в.

Желовце, 7 в. Желовце, пресована, 7 в.

Желовце, 7 в.
 ковани апликации

Чатай, 7 в. Холияре, 7 в.
 Бронзови лети украси, 7-8 в.

Шебастовце

Черни брод

Цифер-пац
Холияре
Нове Замки Рубани
 Шале над Ваха – Душла, втората половина на 8 в.

Желовци, Пърша – 8 в.
Комарно - Хадовец

ПОЗЛАТЕНИ УКРАСИ ЗА КОНСКА СБРУЯ,

втората половина на 8 в.

Бернолаково

Хранична при Хорнад

3.241
L. 6, W. 3 cm. Bronze, hammered.9th-10th c. Thebes (excavation of the Neroutsos' plot).
Athens, First EBA, 5348
Станилов, Художественият метал …., с.
AN UNUSUAL OPENWORK BRONZE PLAQUE IN THE FORM OF A LION, SPAIN OR SICILY, 10TH-12TH
CENTURY measurements note 20 by 18cm. the lion shown standing in profile to the left, with face head-on
and with one front paw raised in front and tail raised behind, with ring-punched and incised decoration This
plaque may have been mounted on a throne or other grand piece of furniture. The lion is part of the
iconography of royalty in many cultures, but has a notable ubiquity in Muslim culture in medieval Spain and
southern Italy. For a fuller discussion, see the footnote to lot 51, 16 October 2002. The configuration of the
lion here relates to the so-called "Basin of King Badis" of the Taifa period, eleventh-century Spain, in the
Museo Nacional de Arte Hispano-Musulm n, Granada (see The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500-1200, New
York, 1993, no.34, pp.88-9). Estimate - 6000-9000
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