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LOT 0884
Roman Bronze Key Ring
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (13.7 grams, 29 mm).
Comprising a barrel-shaped ring with cranked shank and cluster of wards. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 371, for type.
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