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LOT 1705
Large Saxon Period Bronze Ring with Porcupine
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.47 grams, 26.43 mm overall, 22.49 x 19.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
Slender round-section hoop with raised facetted bezel decorated with a stylised porcupine. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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