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LOT 1901
Greek and Other Style Silver Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (26 grams total, 18-28 mm).
Comprising: one with scaphoid bezel, intaglio figure of Hermes; one wire with spiral bezel; one with serpent heads supporting a rectangular bezel with pellets; one with flat hoop, round bezel with bull mask. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired since the 1970s.
Private collection of a gentleman from Vienna, Austria.
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