BYZANTINE SILVER AND NIELLO RING WITH ANGEL HOLDING CRUCIGER Ca. AD 600. A silver ring with a flat oval bezel attached to a slender hoop with a rounded profile and small side-knobs. The bezel is engraved and inlaid with niello, depicting a standing angel in frontal pose, clad in a long tunic. The figure is shown with extended wings and a radiate crown or nimbus, holding a globus cruciger in one raised hand. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number OA.6503. Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.