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LOT 0931
Late Roman Bronze Ring Belonging to Diogenes
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.21 grams, 25.66 mm overall, 20.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
With ellipsoid bezel, pointillé border enclosing Greek text 'ΔΙΟΓ/ΕΝΩ' '[property] of Diogenes'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 481, for type.
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