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Signet ring "of Louis IX" sapphire intaglio, gold, and enamel diameter 2.3 cm, stone 1.2 x 1 cm (0.9 x .47 x .40 inches) France, fourteenth century; Louis IX lived 1214-1270 interior inscription: C’EST + LE + SINET/DU ROI + SANT + LOUIS "This is the seal of King Saint Louis" formerly Trésor de l'Abbaye de Saint-Denis Paris, Musée du Louvre OA MR 92 sapphire, raking light from right sapphire, raking light from above bust full ring, oblique, intaglio upright full ring, oblique, inscription upright full internal inscription inscription: C’EST + inscription: LE + SINET inscription: DU ROI inscription: DU ROI + SANT + inscription: SANT + LOUIS ∼ bezel and exterior band exterior band and interior inscription exterior band: fleur-de-lis