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LOT 2248
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.99 grams, 21.55 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Lentoid-section hoop with flat panels to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with incised nimbate bust in three-quarter view; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 587-588, for type.
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LOT 2248
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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