BYZANTINE (MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN) RING C.400 AD, SIZE 9 1/2 3 1/2 nubbed at the bottom and

nubbed at the bottom and slightly flared to the shoulders

Rectangular bezel with a lattice pattern overall

Raised pointed end oval bezel

was in place in the 15th century

In the 10th century

BYZANTINE (MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN) RING C.400 AD, SIZE 9 1/2 3 1/2 nubbed at the bottom andPeriod following the fall of Rome. Gilt bronze, size 9 with 3. 0mm rounded face band thickened at the bottom in the Roman taste. Circular bezel with a columnar figure on depressed base, flanked by scored panels. Likely a representation of the Zoroastrian fire altar as the Sassanids (Persians) embraced the religion through the century. They rejected Christianity as Roman evil and persecuted Christians. Surface textured from burial. Professionally