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LOT 0760
Roman Bronze Key Ring
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.36 grams, 21.44 mm overall, 19.9x17.4 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a narrow hoop, rectangular bezel with dentilled outer edge, keyhole-shaped void. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 371, for type.
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