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LOT 0561
Greek Bronze Signet Ring with Portrait
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (6.57 grams, 25.86 mm overall, 20.08 x 15.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Discoid bezel with slender hoop, incuse profile bust with a stephane to the hair.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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 0561
Greek Bronze Signet Ring with Portrait
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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