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Large flat-section hoop with applied disc bezel; hoop with enigmatic retrograde legend 'ISR++ЬПШб[.]+KPIC[.]+OUne[.]+BPIC+++'; disc with incised lines forming four panels, with legends 'бu', '+', 'nu', 'Я'. 3.61 grams, 29.55 mm overall, 27.53 mm internal diameter



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Probably a glove-ring. The script appears to be Cyrillic: the sequence ']+KPIC[.]' may spell the word 'Krist-', 'Christ'. The bezel's grapheme 'Я' is probably the pronoun 'I' (1st person singular).

With segmented hoop and integral square bezel, legend in two lines of Roman capitals 'IN DE / VIVAS' (may you live in God). 4.23 grams, 21.91 mm overall, 17.68 x 17.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)



Acquired from Derek Content, 17 October 1989. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a handwritten letter from Derek Content, dated 17 October 1989.

The hoop formed as a series of lozenge plaques with vertical median stripes and interstitial rectangular plaques with similar detailing. 4.2 grams, 23.93 mm overall, 21.15 x 20.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Narrow hoop with ten radiating knops, discoid bezel supported on two stub legs; incised border with cross potent above 'IHS' with three arrows below. 5.96 grams, 32.61 mm overall, 22.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z 1/2, USA 12 1/2, Europe 29.43, Japan 28)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Hexagonal in plan with faceted bulb and pierced knop finial; incuse image of a ship with rigged mast, legend to border 'S' Roberti de Rae' with an ornamental x at the end (seal of Robert of Rae); with an old collector's slip. 11.7 grams, 23 mm



Found in Lincolnshire, UK. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Comprising: faceted shank with median bulb and piercing; upper face with merchant's mark or monogram; lower face with similar in a circular border with legend 'pietet + Groudib' with fronds. 25.1 grams, 26 mm



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Including conical, beehive and other types. 73 grams total, 17-20 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Discoid in plan with plain reverse; incuse blackletter 'eie' legend with fronds and berries. 13.34 grams, 36 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 27.6 grams total, 15-20 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Comprising D-section hoop with expanding ribbed shoulders enclosing a column with three punched ring-and-dot motif; flat-section hoop with expanding shoulders enclosing a discoid bezel with incised geometric motif. 11.9 grams total, 23-26 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

D-section hoop attached to a flat bezel with incised geometric motif. 7.14 grams, 22.22 mm overall, 17.91 x 16.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)



From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.

With a central perching bird motif, border with legend '* PENSET DE MOY' (think of me); supplied with an impression. 5.89 grams, 20.3 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.