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LOT 0681
Late Roman Bronze Ring with Animal
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.41 grams, 24.65 mm overall, 19.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Comprising a slender hoop and balustered shoulders, raised discoid bezel with a hippocampus within a pelletted border. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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