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LOT 1779
Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Ring with Blue Setting
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.38 grams, 16.27 mm overall, 13.06 mm internal diameter).
Slender hoop with pyramidal cell bezel, blue glass fill with central white glass pellet. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
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