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LOT 1955
Medieval Bronze Ring with Eye Motif
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.68 grams, 23.70 mm overall, 18.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With a keeled hoop decorated with chevrons, stepped shoulders, lentoid bezel with hatched borders forming an eye motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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