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LOT 0390
Late Medieval Period Gold Signet Ring with Arabic Inscription
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.02 grams, 26.04 mm overall, 19.73 x 18.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Comprising a narrow hoop with waisted shoulders, incised detailing, knop to the underside; ellipsoid plaque with central raised panel surrounded by pellets and with incised inscription. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old French collection believed to have been formed in the 1960s.
Acquired privately as part of a collection in the early 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 533, 536, for type.
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LOT 0390
Late Medieval Period Gold Signet Ring with Arabic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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