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LOT 1202

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

MEROVINGIAN SILVER RING WITH COILED BEZEL
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.60 grams, 23.89 mm overall, 21.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).

Broad flat-section hoop developing to a round-section rod at each end, formed into a spiral plaque and coiled about the shank. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 77 (Type 1e).

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