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Finger-ring; memento mori; engraved and enameled gold; bezel in form of clasped book; on upper side is white skull between four stones (sapphire, ruby, emerald and diamond), two green toads and snakes. Made in France(?) or Belgium(?) 1525-1575. Housed at British Museum. [3195x1668]

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Faience Ring with Cat and Kittens, Egyptian Ramesside/Third Intermediate Period ca. 1295–664 B.C. Housed at the Met Museum [3200x4000]

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Gold Persian coins, called darics, found in 2023 during excavations at the ancient city of Notion in Turkey and dated to the fifth century BC. The coins show a figure of a kneeling archer, the characteristic design of the Persian daric. [1991x1134]

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Finger-ring; memento mori; engraved and enameled gold; bezel in form of clasped book; on upper side is white skull between four stones (sapphire, ruby, emerald and diamond), two green toads and snakes. Made in France(?) or Belgium(?) 1525-1575. Housed at British Museum. [3195x1668]	437
Faience Ring with Cat and Kittens, Egyptian Ramesside/Third Intermediate Period ca. 1295–664 B.C. Housed at the Met Museum [3200x4000]	275
Gold Persian coins, called darics, found in 2023 during excavations at the ancient city of Notion in Turkey and dated to the fifth century BC. The coins show a figure of a kneeling archer, the characteristic design of the Persian daric. [1991x1134]	182