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Post Medieval gold posy ring '+ TOVT IOVRS LOIALL' ('ever faithful'), circa 1500-1700 AD.

Yellow Gold

£7,100

Post Medieval '+ TOVT IOVRS LOIALL' ('ever faithful'). A smooth band to the interior in seriffed capitals '+ TOVT IOVRS LOIALL', translated from early French as 'ever faithful', approximately 3.4mm in width. yellow gold, approximately 2.7 grams in weight, 1500-1700 AD.

There is no record of this motto, or any similar, in Joan Evans' extensive catalogue of over 3000 posy inscriptions. See Evans, J., 'English Posies and Posy rings', 1931. This is one of our earliest posy rings with the inscription in Old French- a language, which along with Latin, were the most widely spoken languages of the time.

Accompanied by documentation stating that this ring was found in Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, UK in 2012, recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference KENT-B945A6 and disclaimed as Treasure under the Treasure Act, reference 2012T829.

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Reference Number 20521

Ring size: P

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Period Post Medieval

TOTAL / RING Weight 2.7 grams

Metal Yellow Gold

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Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India	European
11.63	0
11.84	¼
12.04	½	A
12.24	¾	A½
12.45	1	B	1
12.65	1¼	B½
12.85	1½	C
13.06	1¾	C½		41
13.26	2	D	2	42
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3	43
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4	44
14.27	3¼	F½	5	45
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6	46
		H		47
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I		48
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J		49
15.7	5	J½	9	50
15.9	5¼	K		51
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L		52
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12	53
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N		54
17.32	7	O	14	55
17.53	7¼	O½		56
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½		57
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½		58
18.54	8½	R	17	59
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18	60
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19	61
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20	62
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22	63
20.37	10¾	V		64
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W		65
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X		66
21.39	12	Y	25	67
21.59	12¼	Y½		68
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½		69
22.2	13		27
22.4	13¼
22.61	13½
22.81	13¾
23.01	14
23.22	14¼
23.42	14½
23.62	14¾
23.83	15
24.03	15¼
24.23	15½
24.43	15¾
24.64	16

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Post Medieval gold posy ring '+ TOVT IOVRS LOIALL' ('ever faithful'), circa 1500-1700 AD.

Yellow Gold

£7,100

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