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LOT 2334
Post Medieval Bronze Christogram Ring
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (14.17 grams, 26.69 mm overall, 20.08 x 20.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
With facetted, D-section shank, disc bezel with low-relief chi-rho Christogram. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important artefact collection, North London, UK.
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