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LOT 2015
Medieval Bronze Ring with Geometric Motif
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.73 grams, 21.46 mm overall, 18.61 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
Featuring a D-section hoop, expanded shoulders with hatched chevrons, discoid bezel with a pair of hatched triangles separated by a hatched horizontal band. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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It is though that such tokens were worn by the spectators at tournaments. The hatching may have been intended as keying for paint.