Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring

16TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (1.22 grams, 16.80 mm overall, 15.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2 , USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).

With reserved rosettes and pellets to the outer face; legend in seriffed capitals to the inner face 'DENIAL IS DEATH'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Literature

See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, for similar examples.

CONDITION

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