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LOT 0655
Roman Bronze Ring with Artemis Bee
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.54 grams, 22.10 mm overall, 19.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
With ellipsoid bezel and lateral spurs, incuse image of a bee.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
LiteratureCf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 232.
FootnotesThe image of the bee was associated with various goddesses in the ancient world including Artemis and Melissa among the Greeks and Mellonia among the Romans.
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