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LOT 0464
Egyptian Silver Double-Headed Snake Ring
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
3/4 in. (2.81 grams, 19.75 mm overall, 16.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
With bezel formed as two addorsed snake-head finials.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 118, for type.
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