MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH MOON CRESCENT PATTERN

Ca. 1000-1300 AD. Holy Lands. A beautiful Crusaders or Seljuk gold ring with a circular hoop, flared shoulders with central raised ridge, and raised oval bezel engraved with a multiple moon crescent pattern. Good condition. For more information on Medieval rings, see Tait, H. (1986). Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery. British Museum Press, London. & Hinton, D. (1982). Medieval Jewellery. Shire Publications.Size: D: 17.45mm / US: O 1/2 / UK: 7 1/4; 4.6g. Provenance: Property of a London gentleman, formerly acquired on the UK Art Market in the 1990s.