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LOT 1412
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Ring with Punched Motifs
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.77 grams, 23.99 mm overall, 19.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Formed with a slender hoop overlapping and coiled at the centre, the discoid bezel with punched bow tie and ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Norfolk excavation in the late 19th century.
Ex property of a Nottingham gentleman by descent.
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