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LOT 0378
Crusader Silver and Niello Ring with Crosses
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.41 grams, 19.05 mm overall, 16.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2 , USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
The hoop with frond to each outer edge below a square panel with reserved cross-crosslet motif, square bezel with raised lozenge and reserved cross pommée. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
LiteratureCf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.24-5.
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