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LOT 0789
Roman Bronze Ring with Animal
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.72 grams, 23.23 mm overall, 20.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
Comprising a slender hoop, disc bezel, incuse figure of a sow around a central socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 233.
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