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LOT 0328
Merovingian Gold Filigree Ring with Garnets
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.87 grams, 20 mm overall, 17.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.0, Japan 15).
Composed of a narrow D-section hoop with expanded bezel with two bands of granulation between plain ribs; three scaphoid garnet cloisons, each backed with a waffle-pattern foil insert.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s.
From an English private collection.
Literature
Cf. Taylor, G. & Scarisbrick, D., Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, Oxford, 1978, type 28, item 197, with epigraphic panels.
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LOT 0328
Merovingian Gold Filigree Ring with Garnets
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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