Ring Brooch, ca. 1340–49, Made in Midde Rhine, Germany, German, Gold, spinels, and sapphires, Overall: 7/8 x 3/16 in. (2.2 x 0.5 cm), Metalwork-Gold, This brooch comes from a hoard found in 1969 in the village of Lingenfeld, in the Rhine Valley. The hoard, containing coins minted in nearby Speyer between 1347 and 1349, is thought to have been buried by a member of the local Jewish community, which was persecuted in the wake of an outbreak of the plague in 1349
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Ring Brooch, ca, 1340–49, Midde Rhine, Germany, German, Gold, spinels, sapphires, Overall, 7/8 x 3/16, 2.2 0.5 cm, Metalwork-Gold, brooch, comes, hoard, 1969, village, Lingenfeld, Rhine Valley, containing coins, minted, Speyer, 1347, 1349, thought, buried, member, local Jewish, community, persecuted, wake, outbreak, plague
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