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LOT 0507

Greek Bronze Ring with Face

CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (7.47 grams, 27.25 mm overall, 23.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)).

With broad plaque, pointillé bands and roundels imitating a human mask.

Provenance

From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 70, for type.

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LOT 0507

Greek Bronze Ring with Face

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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