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LOT 0054
Greek Ring with Tyche
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (6.09 grams, 20.50 mm overall, 16.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
An Eastern Greek bronze finger ring with intaglio winged Tyche in profile.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 69, for type.
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LOT 0054
Greek Ring with Tyche
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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