BYZANTINE SILVER RING WITH INSCRIBED BEZEL. Ca. AD 500 - 700. A silver ring with a circular bezel engraved with a Greek inscription in three horizontal lines. The hoop is slender, plain, and of round cross-section. Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 2.35g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.