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LOT 0082
Greek Gold Ring with Thunderbolt
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (3.78 grams, 21.88 mm overall, 20.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Flat-section hoop expanding to a flat discoid bezel with engraved stylised Zeus's thunderbolt.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
For the ring type, see Boardman, J., Greek gems and finger rings, London, 2001, plate 217, item IX; Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, items x-xii.
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