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LOT 0535
Hellenistic Ring with Nike
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (6.83 grams, 24.80 mm overall, 20.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
A bronze finger ring with carinated hoop and stud to the underside, scaphoid bezel with intaglio winged Nike holding a wreath.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 72, for type.
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