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LOT 1627
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Figures
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.00 grams, 22.09 mm overall, 17.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Discoid bezel with incised motif of two figures, with heads and one body formed as a shallow socket; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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