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LOT 0900
Roman Brancaster Type Bronze Ring with Bird
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.49 grams, 20.89 mm overall, 16.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
Slender D-section hoop with raised knops flanking the rectangular bezel with a standing bird motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. similar ring in PAS, NMS-CD345C.
FootnotesThe 'Brancaster' type ring was a product of the late 4th to early 5th centuries. Although no exact parallel for the engraved design could be found, the design depicts mythical animals. A late Roman finger ring from Havering, Essex, exhibits an engraved glass gem depicting Bellerophon slaying the chimaera.
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