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LOT 0915
Roman Bronze Inscribed Double-Banded Ring
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.96 grams, 19.20 mm overall, 16.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
With bifid ellipsoid bezel inscribed 'O[.]O / NOIA' for omonoia (harmony, agreement). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, p.164, for variant III, type IV, of the Ruseva-Slokoska classification.
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