Offered by Matthew Holder
French or English, 13th century.
Measures 2.6cm in diameter.
Weighs 3.3 grams.
Provenance: Private English Collection
The ring is engraved ‘+RV*RLVA*TEMIGP*VGDEI*ME’, which is a latin inscription, as yet unidentified but the inclusion of ‘DEI’ (the latin word for God) alludes to a religious sentiment.
The fastening pin bears a French control mark “ET” denoting that it has travelled through a French assay office in the 19th century.
A ring brooch with similarly engraved decoration can be found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession Number: 2018.355
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/773198
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