LOT 0579 Medieval Gold St John the Evangelist Seal Ri…
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Mid 15th century AD. A heavy and large gold signet ring with the band flaring in three elongated petals to form a lotus blossom enclosing the bezel at the shoulders; the slightly oval bezel bearing an incuse and reversed eagle facing with head to left and wings spread; the bezel with incuse and reversed '+EGLEIOHIS' inscription meaning 'Eagle of John'. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings - The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, no.599, for the eagle device.19.75 grams, 22.96mm overall, 19.53mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20) (1"). Property of a UK gentleman; acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s; formerly from a private European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert, Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no. TBA. The inscription is an interesting mixture of English and Latin Middle English: 'EGLE' for 'eagle' and 'IOHIS' an abbreviated form of the Latin 'IOHANNIS' for 'of John'. A video of this lot can be viewed on Timeline Auctions website.
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