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LOT 0291
Late Bronze Age Gold Twisted Ring Money
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
7/8 in. (5.52 grams, 22.84 mm overall, 17.75 internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Penannular in form and round in section with twist-pattern detailing.
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the German art market in the 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 14.12, for type.
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