BYZNATINE SILVER RING WITH STYLISED SAINT Ca. AD 1200 - 1400. A silver ring with an elongated oval bezel engraved with a stylised saint. The figure is rendered with linear features, large eyes, and a vertical palm branch rising from the head. The shoulders and arms are suggested with intersecting lines. The flat bezel is set on a double-ridged hoop. Size: D:16.92mm / US: 6 1/2 / UK: M 1/2; Weight: 3g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.