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LOT 1659

Medieval Bronze Ring with Hatched Bezel

CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (2.60 grams, 20.87 mm overall, 17.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).

With bands to the shoulders and hatching on the bezel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1980s.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1659

Medieval Bronze Ring with Hatched Bezel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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