BYZANTINE SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH 'NIKH' NIKATOR CHRISTOS INSCRIPTION

Ca. AD 900 - 1100. A silver ring with an angular hoop expanding into flared shoulders decorated with horizontal ribbing. The flat bezel is engraved and nielloed with the Greek inscription 'NIKH', referring to Nikator Christos (Christ Victor). Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 8.1g Provenance: From a London private collection; purchased in Germany; earlier part of a Swiss collection assembled in the 1990s

Stima:€238.78

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