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LOT 0383

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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

CONDITION
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