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LOT 0945
Large Roman Bronze Ring with Capricorn
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.34 grams, 23.52 mm overall, 19.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
With integral ellipsoid bezel, incuse capricorn motif.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 176, for type.
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