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LOT 0691
Roman to Post Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1ST-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (64 grams total, 21-27 mm).
Including square bezel with incised hatched saltire, scaphoid bezel with vesica, lozenge bezel with saltire, and other types. [12]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. similar medieval rings in Leahy, K., Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, Dress Fittings & Ornaments, Coggeshall, 2020, pp.272ss., PAS nos.SWYOR-F79217, NLM-E8DFF6, HAMP-06D639.
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