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LOT 0367
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring
ENGLAND, KENT, DATED [17]66 A.D.
3/4 in. (2.01 grams, 18.57 mm overall, 16.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
The hoop plano-convex in section with impressed stylised skull to the outer face; inscribed to inner face 'EP Jan 23 66' and punched maker's mark 'IV' in an incuse rectangle.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. British Museum, item number AF.1542, for a comparable skull on a ring of a similar date.
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LOT 0367
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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