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LOT 0833
Roman Bronze Ring with APA
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.43 grams, 26.67 mm overall, 18.25 x 13.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
Keeled hoop with angled shoulders, oval bezel with incised legend 'APA[I]', probably an abbreviated personal name. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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