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Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring
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LOT 0383

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.

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LOT 0383

Tudor Period Gold 'DENIAL IS DEATH' Decorated Posy Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

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