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LOT 0331
Late Anglo-Saxon Bronze Ring with Four Ovate Bezels
CIRCA 1100-1400 A.D.
1 in. (4.55 grams, 26.17 mm overall, 20.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
Comprising a large sub-circular hoop with four evenly spaced ovate bezels giving an octagonal appearance to the hoop; the bezels with a moulded collar to each side and with a deeply incised symbol: one with a Trewhiddle style beast(?); the second with a symbol resembling lower case Omega sign; the third and fourth bezel with two upper case Omega symbols oriented horizontally with the bases at the centre of the bezel. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near North Yorkshire, UK, in 2020, by Mark Didlick.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-110C9F.
Literature
See Portable Antiquities Scheme no. YORYM-EA5D0E and HAMP-C25EF3, for earlier rings with ovate bezels.
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