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LOT 0910
Amlash Bronze Openwork Ring
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (4.89 grams, 23.52 mm overall, 19.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With broad plaque formed as two undulating bars within a bilinear frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection since 2005.
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