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LOT 2280
Medieval Silver Iconographic Ring with Saints
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.12 grams, 22.65 mm overall, 19.17 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Lentoid-section hoop with hatched panels to the shoulders, rectangular bezel with two incised nimbate facing busts 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 2280
Medieval Silver Iconographic Ring with Saints
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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Opening Bid: £200
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Opening Bid: £5
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Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix of Pieter Van Den Sanne
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Opening Bid: £100
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