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LOT 1556
Medieval Bronze Architectural Ring
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.63 grams, 24.50 mm overall, 16.04 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With D-section hoop and domed bezel with pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 563, for type.
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