BYZANTINE WOMAN’S RING C.5TH-9TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 6 3/4 07/29/2024 by a soldier being sent

by a soldier being sent to a distant war

each side evolving to engage the other forming a spiral or roped effect

Large size with 2

Reverse plain as with the earliest examples

102 for an identical example identified as Islamic 10th-16th century

BYZANTINE WOMAN’S RING C.5TH-9TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 6 3/4 07/29/2024 by a soldier being sentThe Dark Ages after the fall of Rome. Size 6 with 3. 8mm rounded face band flaring to the shoulders. Rectangular bezel with rudimentary key bits to both edges and remnants of an inscribed geometric motif to the face. This form is evolved from the Roman key rings of centuries earlier which were worn as prestige jewelry. The implication was that the wearer owned a jewel box when in fact most of the rings were for show only. Professionally refurbished