Medieval Bronze Ring with Crowned I

14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (8.33 grams, 26.84 mm overall, 20.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).

With D-section hoop, tapering shoulders, sub rectangular bezel with reserved capital 'I' between fronds beneath a crown. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Literature

Cf. Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D., The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 133, for type.

CONDITION

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