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LOT 0535
Greek Silver Ring with Portrait of Apollo
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (0.96 grams, 17.84 mm overall, 14.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
Comprising a slender square-section hoop and discoid bezel with low-relief image of diademed bust within pelletted border.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, 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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