A Renaissance gold ring, the broad band engraved on the interior "HAVE + IN + MIND + YOVR" and on the exterior "FAYTHFVL + FRENDE" between reeded rims, with engraved scrolls at intervals, second half of the 16th Century, finger size P 1/2.

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A Renaissance gold ring, the broad band engraved on the interior "HAVE + IN + MIND + YOVR" and on the exterior "FAYTHFVL + FRENDE" between reeded rims, with engraved scrolls at intervals, second half of the 16th Century, finger size P 1/2.
See Plate 19
Further details
The above ring, in the form of an early 16th Century serjeant's ring, would have been a token of love of friendship. cf. C Oman, British Rings 800-1914 (1974)pl. 58(b)

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