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LOT 0803
Roman Bronze 'Help Me Serapis' Ring
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.74 grams, 20.40 mm overall, 17.71 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
With rectangular plaque, incuse Greek inscription 'CEPAΔωΠI/BOHΘI' (Help me Serapis).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 269, for type.
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