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LOT 0356
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
CENTRAL EUROPE, CIRCA 11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 in. (28.29 grams, 67.66 mm overall, 19.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Formed from a single length of rod; median hoop of four coils developing at each end to a perpendicular coiled plaque. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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