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LOT 2213
Medieval Bronze Ring Bezel Group
1400-1600 A.D.
7/8 - 1 in. (9.03 grams total, 22-25 mm).
Comprising: an incomplete signet ring with a feathered border enclosing a merchant's mark formed from the black letter lowercase christogram 'ihc'; the other with an oval bezel bearing a reclining, facing lion figure; accompanied by two museum-quality impressions. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Lydd, Kent, UK; one with a PAS report.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-B5C4CA.
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LOT 2213
Medieval Bronze Ring Bezel Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring
Continental Europe, 15th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Heater shield to each keeled shoulder displaying a fleur-de-lys on a hatched field and five arrowheads (for the five wounds of Christ); rectangular keeled bezel with standing figure to each panel: Mary with book on the left, Christ triumphant bearing a sword on the right. 9.85 grams, 25.63 mm overall, 20.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Fine condition.
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex E.C. Fuller collection. Ex Isle of Avalon Coins and Antiquities, Leiston, Suffolk, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman since 2010. -
Medieval Gold Ring with Legend and Amethyst Intaglio
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Flat hoop and discoid bezel with central cell and inset intaglio lion couchant; flange rim with impressed detailing and cross potent; hoop with enigmatic retrograde legend in serifed Greek and Latin capitals '+*Π*O*N*O*Y*O*I*E*N'. 4.04 grams, 19.36 mm overall, 16.48 x 15.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13452-259841.
These aristocratic rings were set with red or blue paste, engraved in intaglio with the heraldic symbol of the family. The round borders were often engraved with indeterminate inscriptions, using Latin and Greek letters. -
Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate with Beast Facing Back
Circa 2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Rectangular plaque with low-relief image of a stylised seated beast with ornamental tail on a gilded field; pierced to the top, remains of a catchplate to the reverse. 13.6 grams, 36.6 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
