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LOT 0665
Greek Inscribed Bronze Physician's Ring
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (3.11 grams, 22.08 mm overall, 18.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With flat ellipsoid plaque and shallow-cut legend 'ΘHEOMAI / AKEN' (behold! (a) cure). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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