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LOT 1563
Viking Age Gold Ribbed Ring
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.61 grams, 19.59 mm overall, 15.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Formed as a graduated sequence of bulbs, plain reverse.
Provenance
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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