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LOT 0520
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Ring with Image of a Ptolemaic Queen
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (7.51 grams, 20.26 mm overall, 16.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Elliptical bezel with high-relief profile bust.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 64, for type.
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LOT 0520
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Ring with Image of a Ptolemaic Queen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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