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LOT 0653
Late Roman Bronze Ring Inscribed 'Gift for Caius'
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.72 grams, 21.60mm overall, 17.32mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
With square offset bezel, later enigmatic inscription 'ICAI / CIPM / DON', likely: 'Gift For Caius'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970.
Footnotes
The Latin inscription on the ring refers to a personal belonging of a certain Caius (CAI), and the letters DON could be a shortening word for gift or given (donus or donatus), intending the ring as a gift for Caius.
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