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LOT 1634
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]
ProvenanceAcquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 313, for type.
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Opening Bid: £200
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UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
