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LOT 1223
Western Asiatic Engraved Bronze Ring
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (20.25 grams, 31.80 mm overall, 20.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Sturdy D-section hoop with stepped shoulders and hexagonal rosette bezel with bands of incised pseudo-text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 551, for type.
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