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LOT 1815
Medieval Bronze Ring with Star
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.70 grams, 24.13 mm overall, 17.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
The shoulders fashioned as beast-heads, flared disc bezel with border and enigmatic 'IOLE' inscription surmounted by a six-pointed star. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 643, for type.
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