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LOT 1598
Dark Age Bronze Ring with Two Figures and Cross
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.14 grams, 25.70 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)).
Comprising a penannular shank and square plaque, pointillé bands to the shoulders, two linear figures holding a cross in their conjoined hands; possibly matrimonial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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