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LOT 0776
Roman Bronze Ring with Bee
4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (9.81 grams, 30.08 mm overall, 18.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Comprising a hoop with raised bosses, a large rectangular bezel with an incuse bee motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the polygonal shape Crummy, N., Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9 Colchester, 1993, fig.52, no. 1788; PAS HAMP-54BEB0.
FootnotesPolygonal hoops appear to be generally 4th-century in date. The shape of the ring clearly belongs to the Guiraud type 8 rings.
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