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MIGRATION PERIOD GOLD RING WITH INSCRIBED SILVER INLAY
ITALY, 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.50 grams, 23.40 mm overall, 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
ITALY, 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.50 grams, 23.40 mm overall, 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Round-section hoop with applied granule trefoil to each shoulder, ellipsoid bezel with beaded wire collar, stepped cell, inset silver plaque with niello-filled design of a stylised portrait bust with legend above '+MISI[T]'; inked legend to reverse 'f20' and old Christie's tag. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
with Christies, sale 3498, 11 December 2014, lot 291.
Accompanied by an original Christie's lot tag.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487, for type.
