BYZANTINE WOMAN’S RING C.5TH-9TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 6 3/4 07/29/2024 11th century

11th century

by a soldier being sent to a distant war

3mm rounded face band flaring slightly to the shoulders

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 11th centuryThe 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