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LOT 1698
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (23.99 grams total, 20-24 mm).
Comprising: five rings with decorative bezels, one coiled ring with D-section hoop. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. PAS no. DUR-00F326, for a similar Celto-Roman spiral ring, dated 200 BC-200 AD.
FootnotesThe collection includes one complete copper-alloy finger ring of late Iron Age to Roman date (200 BC - AD 200). It is coiled into a spiral of two turns. Both extremities terminated in a square end with rounded corners.
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Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1st century B.C.-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: five rings with decorative bezels, one coiled ring with D-section hoop. 23.99 grams total, 20-24 mm
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The collection includes one complete copper-alloy finger ring of late Iron Age to Roman date (200 BC - AD 200). It is coiled into a spiral of two turns. Both extremities terminated in a square end with rounded corners. -
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1st century B.C.-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: five rings with decorative bezels; a coiled ring with linear decoration. 23.39 grams total, 20-25 mm
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The collection includes one complete copper-alloy finger ring of late Iron Age to Roman date (200 BC - AD 200). It is coiled into a spiral of two and a half turns. Both extremities terminate in a square end with rounded corners. -
'The Cox Green' Romano-British Bronze Naked Figure of a Child
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Modelled in the round in seated pose with a ball (or nut, or fruit) in his left hand; the hair short and combed radially from the crown; mounted on a custom-made stand. 57.3 grams, 78 mm
Found Cox Green, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2019. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-3D408B.
