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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0789

Roman Bronze Ring with Animal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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