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LOT 0933
Roman Bronze Key Ring Group
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (22.94 grams total, 31-34 mm).
Group of two rings each with angled ward and bits to the forward edge. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 371, for type.
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