Byzantine rings

This early Byzantine ring, circa 5th-6th centuries CE, is finely crafted in 21 Karat gold. The ring features an oval cabochon cut garnet of a deep red […]

A gold ring with broad flat-section hoop and beaded wire borders, openwork scrolled leaves and tendrils around a central Maltese cross, the bezel an applied rectangular plaque with openwork foliage border, central cell with inset emerald cloison.

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Gold Byzantine Signet Ring featuring the Virgin Mary and Child, c 6-7th century

Culture at the Crossroads @ Toledo Art Museum – Detroit Art Review

From the ninth through the fourteenth century, massive gold rings—usually with nielloed decoration—bearing Greek invocational prayers on their bezels were commonly worn by high officials of the Byzantine court

Gold Marriage Ring. Date: 6th–7th century CE. Culture: Byzantine. Medium: Gold. Dimensions: Exterior diameter 21.6 mm.; bezel 9.7 x 9.1 mm.; weight 10 g.; US size 7 ¼; UK size O. Classification: Metalwork-Gold. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

9th century Byzantine ...