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LOT 0368

George III Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull

DATED 13 FEBRUARY 1783 A.D.

3/4 in. (3.23 grams, 20.3 mm overall, 18.1 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).

Hoop with stylised skull to the outer face and incised copperplate legend 'In memory R F obt 13 Feb 83' to the inner with indistinct maker's mark '?.S'.

Provenance

Found Shrewton, Wiltshire, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 0368

George III Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull

Sold for (Inc. bp): £715

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