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LOT 1634

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

MEROVINGIAN BRONZE INSCRIBED RING
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.63 grams, 18.43 mm overall, 16.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)).

With broad disc bezel and shank formed from two lateral arms; low-relief central ring with pseudo-text in the tondo. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 313, for type.

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