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LOT 1819
Post Medieval Silver Palindrome Ring
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (13.40 grams, 27.84 mm overall, 18.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Comprising D-section hoop with mane-in-fede motif to underside, incised segments and cross to each shoulder, rectangular bezel with incised apotropaic palindrome 'SATOR / AREPO / TENET / OPERA / ROTAS', the text admits four symmetries and may be read: top to bottom, bottom to top, left to right, right to left, and can be rotated 180 degrees and still be read the same way. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Accompanied by a previous original handwritten collector's cataloguing page.
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