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LOT 1971
Post Medieval Silver Chi Rho Ring with Inscription
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (7.78 grams, 29.58 mm overall, 19.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With trumpet-shaped bezel and carinated hoop; incised christogram to the bezel with opposed s-scrolls; inscription to the hoop: IN . HONORE[M] . XPIS . TRINITATIS / ELEMOSINA . FRNITATS . ALLO. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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