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LOT 1299
Medieval Bronze Ring with Crosses within Lozenge
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.91 grams, 21.84 mm overall, 18.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Carinated shoulders, disc bezel with incuse design of a lozenge on a hatched field with cross and saltire within. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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